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AR Code § 14-386-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-122. Control of fence construction

 (a) Fencing boards shall have control of the construction of the fence for their districts.  (b)  (1) The boards may advertise for proposals for doing any work by contract and may accept or reject any proposals.  (2)  (A) All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of such contracts as may be awarded them, with good and sufficient securities in double the amount of the contract work.  (B) The bond shall be given to the board, and suits may be brought on it in the name of the board, but the sum recovered shall be for the use of the district for which the bond was given.
AR Code § 14-386-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 2 - Small Stock|§ 14-386-201. Penalty

 (a) Whenever a fencing district is established under the provisions of this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control of stock that have been restrained from running at large to knowingly permit such stock to run at large within the territory comprising the district.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.
AR Code § 14-386-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 2 - Small Stock|§ 14-386-202. Establishment of fencing districts

 (a)  (1) The county court of any county is authorized, empowered, and required, on the petition of a majority in land value, acreage, or number of landowners of any townships or any fractional part of them contiguous to each other, to form and establish a fencing district and establish the boundaries of it, in accordance with the petition.  (2) The court may change the boundaries of the district by adding new territory contiguous to it upon the application of a majority in land value, acreage, or number of landowners of the territory to be added.  (3) Each district shall be designated by number.    (b)  (1) The petitioners shall specify in their petition what stock they wish to restrain from running at large, and the county court shall make an order restraining the stock mentioned in the petition from running at large within the district.  (2) The district shall apply to such stock as are mentioned in the petition.
AR Code § 14-386-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 2 - Small Stock|§ 14-386-203. Lawful fence

 Whenever a fencing district is established as to small stock, such as hogs, sheep, goats, etc., four (4) barbed wires securely fastened to posts firmly set in the ground, not exceeding sixteen feet (16') apart, the bottom wire twenty inches (20") above the ground, the second wire ten inches (10") above the first, the third wire twelve inches (12") above the second, and the fourth wire twelve inches (12") above the third; or five (5) sound rails securely fastened to posts firmly set in the ground, the top rail four and one-half feet (4½') above the ground, and the others properly spaced beneath, shall be a lawful fence within the district.
AR Code § 14-386-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 3 - Additions or Consolidations|§ 14-386-301. Addition of adjacent area to fencing district

 (a) When any number of owners of either rural acreage or city or town land near or adjacent to any fencing district organized under and pursuant to the law shall present to the county court a petition, in writing, accompanied by a map giving description and setting forth such land as they desire to have enclosed in any such district embraced within the enclosure of the fence of the district, it shall be the duty of the court to give a notice by publication in some newspaper in the county for a period of not less than twenty (20) days of a hearing upon the petition, calling upon all persons whose lands or interest may be affected by the petition to appear and show cause, if any, why the request of the petitioner should not be granted.  (b) If upon the hearing, the court shall deem that owners of a majority in value or acreage of the land affected favor the petition and that the lands should be enclosed within the fencing district and protected by the enclosure or fences kept and maintained by the district, it shall be the duty of the court to make an order enclosing the lands in the district and to direct the commissioner of the district to make such alteration of the fences kept and maintained by the district as may be necessary to bring the lands within the enclosure.  (c)  (1) From the date of the order, all lands which shall become a part of the fencing district shall thereafter be liable for such charges, taxes, and assessments as are levied against other lands within the district.  (2)  (A) The lands so enclosed in the order shall be liable for any special assessments made by the commissioner of the district, to help defray the cost and expenses of making the alteration necessary to enclose the additional lands.  (B) The assessment shall be paid by the owners of the lands.
AR Code § 14-386-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 3 - Additions or Consolidations|§ 14-386-302. Consolidation of fence or no-fence districts

 (a)  (1) All fence districts or no-fence districts created by special act or under § 14-386-202 in any county in the State of Arkansas may be consolidated under the management of one (1) board of commissioners by order of the county court.  (2) One (1) or either of the boards of the districts may be appointed as commissioners of the consolidated district, or the court may appoint three (3) other landowners of the district as commissioners.    (b) The consolidated district as provided in this section shall be governed by general statutes pertaining to fencing districts and all the power conferred in them is invested in the consolidated district and in its board of commissioners.
AR Code § 14-386-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-401. Penalty for animals running at large — Damages

 (a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting in an election held under the provisions of this subchapter shall approve the creation of the proposed fencing district, the district shall be held and deemed to be enclosed by a good and lawful fence, and it shall be unlawful for any person who is the owner, or who has control, of any kind of stock to let them run at large in the district.  (b)  (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar ($1.00) or more than fifty dollars ($50.00).  (2) In addition to the fine, an offender shall be liable for double the amount of any damages that any person may sustain by reason of his stock running at large in the district, to be recovered by action before any court of competent jurisdiction.    (c) This section shall not prohibit any person from fencing his lands, or any part of them separately, and pasturing them.
AR Code § 14-386-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-402. Petition to establish district

 When any number of landowners owning land adjacent to any fencing district organized under and pursuant to the law shall present to the county court a petition, in writing, accompanied by a map, giving a description and setting forth what land they desire to have enclosed in such district, and where the lands as set forth and described in the petition are bounded or completely enclosed by existing fencing districts, no-fence districts, counties where a stock law is in effect, or navigable rivers, or combination of them, it shall be the duty of the court to give notice, by publication in some newspaper published in the county where the lands lie, of the filing of the petition and a description of all lands as set forth and contained in the description.
AR Code § 14-386-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-403. Submission to electors

 (a) The county court shall in the same publication prescribed by § 14-386-402 give notice of and cause an election to be held within thirty (30) days of the date of the filing of the petition, in the townships or parts of townships included in the petition, where the question of the creation of the proposed fencing district shall be submitted to the qualified electors living or owning land in the proposed district.  (b) The court shall designate a place in each township or parts of each township to be affected by the proposed district where the election shall be held and appoint and name the judges and clerks to conduct the election.
AR Code § 14-386-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-404. Manner of election

 (a) Except as provided for in this subchapter, all elections held under the provisions of this subchapter shall be held subject to and in accordance with the general election laws of this state.  (b) Ballots used in elections provided for in this subchapter shall be substantially in the following form:    “FENCING DISTRICT BALLOT “A petition has been filed in the County court of County to create and establish a fencing district within that part of county bounded and completely enclosed by (here insert the limits and boundaries as contained in the petition). If a majority of the qualified electors voting in this election approve of the proposed fencing district as described above, thirty (30) days after the date of this election, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit stock to roam or run at large within such district. FOR the creation of the fencing district . AGAINST the creation of the fencing district   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-386-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-405. Election results

 (a) After the county election commissioners have ascertained and declared the results of any election held under the provisions of this subchapter, it shall be the duty of the county court to cause the results to be printed in some newspaper published in the county where the lands lie.  (b) If the proposed district has been approved, the county court shall declare the proposed fencing district to be created.
AR Code § 14-386-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-406. Rejection of proposal

 If, at any election held under the provisions of this subchapter, a majority of the electors reject the proposed fencing district, no petition proposing to create or establish such a district with the same boundaries shall be filed within one (1) year from the date of the election at which the proposed district was rejected.
AR Code § 14-386-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-407. Payment of expenses

 All expenses incurred by any official or officer of any county in performance of duties defined by this subchapter and the costs of all elections held under the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid by the persons signing or filing the petition as provided in this subchapter, unless there is, in the opinion of the county judge, sufficient funds in the county general revenues, in which event the judge is empowered to pay all costs from these revenues, at his discretion.
AR Code § 14-386-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 4 - Enclosure by Other Districts|§ 14-386-408. Navigable river as lawful fence

 Where the boundary of any fencing district created under the provisions of this subchapter shall be a navigable river, the river shall be deemed and held to be a good and lawful fence, as part of the fence enclosing the remainder of the district.
AR Code § 14-386-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 5 - Status and Funding|§ 14-386-501. Construction

 This subchapter shall be liberally construed to the end that its purposes may be successfully accomplished.
AR Code § 14-386-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 5 - Status and Funding|§ 14-386-502. Validation of existing districts

 The organization of all fencing districts created and established by order of any county court in the State of Arkansas, which have not been abandoned or dissolved by the judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction, are ratified and confirmed. All districts are declared to be legal entities in the nature of quasi-municipal corporations, public agencies with all powers and authorities vested in them by the provisions of §§ 14-386-101 — 14-386-108, 14-386-111, 14-386-113, 14-386-115 — 14-386-119, 14-386-121, 14-386-122, and all legislation supplementary thereto.
AR Code § 14-386-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 5 - Status and Funding|§ 14-386-503. Money from federal government or private sector

 (a) All fencing districts are expressly authorized to accept grants of money from, and to borrow money from, the federal government, or from any federal agency, or from any private person, individual, or corporation, or from any other source, for the purpose of executing or carrying out the purposes for which the district was organized.  (b)  (1) Any district, or the fencing board of the district, for the purposes prescribed in subsection (a) of this section is expressly authorized and empowered to enter into and to execute the loan agreements and contracts with the lending agencies as the board may deem necessary or proper in connection with any grant or loan to the district.  (2) Any agreement or contract entered into by any district, or the board of any such district, is ratified, confirmed, and made binding, in all respects, upon any board and its successor, from time to time, and any contract shall be enforceable by an appropriate civil action in the courts of this state.
AR Code § 14-386-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 5 - Status and Funding|§ 14-386-504. Issuance of bonds, notes, etc

 (a)  (1) Any fencing district, or the fencing board of the district, for the purposes prescribed in § 14-386-503 is expressly authorized and empowered to issue its general obligation, negotiable bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness, in the corporate name of the district, or in the name of the board of any district, in form, denomination, rate of interest, amount, place of payment, date of retirement, terms of payment, or redemption, and with contract provisions required by the lending agency or approved by the board of any district.  (2) In no event shall any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness be sold by any such district, or the board of any such district, on any basis that will cost the borrower over the life of the obligation interest at more than six percent (6%) per annum.    (b)  (1) Any and all bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness issued by any district, or the board of any such district in its corporate capacity, shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the board, in the name of, and for, the district.  (2)  (A) All bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of indebtedness issued under this subchapter shall:  (i) Be, and constitute, the general obligation of any district;  (ii) Have the effect of negotiable paper;  (iii) Not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issue or sale of them; and  (iv) Be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.    (B)  (i) Under no circumstances shall any such bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this subchapter be held or construed to be an obligation of the State of Arkansas, nor shall the State of Arkansas, under any theory or upon any grounds, be liable or responsible for them.  (ii) The bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, shall be solely and exclusively the general negotiable obligations of the district issuing them in its corporate capacity, or of the board for the district in its representative capacity, and without personal obligation or liability of either of the individual members of the board, and shall be secured by, and payable only from, the assets, property, securities, and revenues, matured or unmatured, of the district, authority for the mortgage, or pledge of which as security for the payment of them is expressly given.
AR Code § 14-386-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 5 - Status and Funding|§ 14-386-505. Disposition of surplus funds

 When any fencing district in this state has completed all of the contemplated improvements and has paid and discharged all of its obligations and has a surplus of funds on hand, not needed for repair or maintenance or the operation of the district, then, in such event, the board of directors of the district may, in their discretion, contribute so much of the surplus funds as they may determine to any public, charitable, educational, or general welfare purpose within the county in which the district is situated.
AR Code § 14-386-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock at Large|§ 14-386-601. Impounding of animals

 (a) Any person finding stock running at large in any fencing district may impound them.  (b) Immediately upon impounding the stock the impounder shall give notice to the owner or his agent, if known.
AR Code § 14-386-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock at Large|§ 14-386-602. Return to owner

 If the owner shall, within two (2) days after being notified, pay the reasonable charges for impounding, feeding, and caring for the stock, and also pay all damages to owners of crops caused by the stock, they shall be turned over to him.
AR Code § 14-386-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock at Large|§ 14-386-603. Appointment of appraisers

 If the parties interested fail to agree upon the amount of the charges and damages, the secretary of the fencing board and the impounder shall each appoint an appraiser, and the appraisers shall adjust and fix the charges and damages, calling in a third party if they cannot agree.
AR Code § 14-386-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock at Large|§ 14-386-604. Sale of impounded animals

 If the owner or agent fails to pay the charges and damages within two (2) days after notice, the impounder shall post written or printed notices in three (3) public places in the fencing district, describing the property and fixing a day for its sale at some public place in the district upon a day at least ten (10) days from the date of the notices, and shall sell the property at the time and place mentioned in the notices, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash in hand and within legal hours for judicial sales.
AR Code § 14-386-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock at Large|§ 14-386-605. Disposition of excess money

 (a) After deducting the charges and damages as ascertained in § 14-386-603, the impounder shall pay the remainder to the treasurer of the fencing district, taking his receipt for it.  (b) The failure to pay the moneys to the treasurer by the impounder or other person claiming to be damaged by the stock shall be deemed theft and punished as such.
AR Code § 14-386-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock at Large|§ 14-386-606. Duties of treasurer

 The treasurer of the fencing district shall keep, in the books of the district, an accurate account of all moneys so received by him, with the name of the depositor and the date of the receipt by him, being responsible upon his official bond for them, and shall pay over the moneys to the proper owner of the stock so sold, upon proof of his ownership.
AR Code § 14-387-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-101. Payment of expenses

 (a) In no case shall the county be liable for any costs by reason of any county or subdivision availing or attempting to avail itself of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter.  (b) In all cases the whole expense shall be paid by the petitioners.
AR Code § 14-387-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-102. Lawful fence

 Whenever this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter become operative in any county or subdivision, any fence within the county or subdivision shall be deemed a lawful fence that is made of post and wire or plank, where the top wire or plank shall be five feet (5') from the ground and the wire or plank sufficiently close to keep in the class of stock embraced within this subchapter or the order of the court made in pursuance of it.
AR Code § 14-387-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-103. Impounding stock running at large

 (a) If any stock forbidden to run at large under the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter shall enter the cultivated lands of another, without his consent, in any county or subdivision in which the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter have become operative, the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession of the lands may impound the stock and detain them until his fees and all damages occasioned by the stock are paid.  (b) Whenever any stock is impounded under the provisions of this section, notice shall be given to the owner, if known, and the owner shall be entitled to their possession upon payment of fees and damages.