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AR Code § 14-387-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-104. Fees for impounding

 Any person impounding stock under the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter 2 of this chapter shall be entitled to the following fees:   (1) Ten cents (10¢) per day per head for hogs;  (2) Ten cents (10¢) per day per head for goats; and  (3) Five cents (5¢) per day per head for sheep.
AR Code § 14-387-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-105. Assessment of damages

 (a) The damages done by impounded stock may be assessed by any three (3) disinterested householders of the county or subdivision, who shall first take an oath before some officer of the county authorized to administer oaths to view and assess the damages fairly and honestly.  (b) The assessment by the householders shall be final.
AR Code § 14-387-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-106. Sale of impounded stock generally

 (a) If the owner of impounded stock or his agent, after being notified of the impoundment, shall neglect to pay the fees and damages, the taker-up of the stock may sell them at public auction for cash, after first giving five (5) days' notice of the time, place, and terms of the sale, by:  (1) One (1) posted handbill on the courthouse door of the county; and  (2) A copy of the notice delivered to the owner of the stock, if known.    (b) The taker-up shall:  (1) Apply the proceeds, after deducting expenses of sale, to the satisfaction of his fees and damages; and  (2) Pay the balance to the owner of the stock.
AR Code § 14-387-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-387-107. Sale of stock when owner unknown

 (a) If no owner of impounded stock can be found, the taker-up may, after the expiration of five (5) days, make an affidavit before a justice of the peace describing the stock and that the owner is unknown to the affiant, which affidavit shall be delivered immediately by the justice to the clerk of the county court, to be kept in his office for inspection.  (b)  (1) After the filing of the affidavit, the taker-up may sell the stock as in cases where the owner is known, except that a copy of the notice posted is not to be delivered.  (2) If any sum remains after satisfying his fees and damages, the taker-up shall report it, under oath, to the clerk and pay the money over to the county treasurer to be paid, received, and disbursed as in the case of strays.
AR Code § 14-387-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 2 - Creation of District — Petition Method|§ 14-387-201. Duty to order no running at large

 Upon the written petition of a majority of the qualified electors of any county bordering upon a navigable stream and having territory in cultivation subject to overflow, or any subdivision of a county consisting of not less than thirty-six (36) square miles, where the subdivision borders upon a navigable stream and contains territory in cultivation subject to overflow, being filed in the county court of the county, requesting an order to prevent the running at large of hogs, sheep, and goats within the county or subdivision, as the case may be, it shall be the duty of the court to make such an order when the petitioners have complied with this subchapter and subchapter 1 of this chapter.
AR Code § 14-387-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 2 - Creation of District — Petition Method|§ 14-387-202. Filing of petition

 (a) When the qualified electors of any county, or subdivision of a county consisting of not less than thirty-six (36) square miles, desire to avail themselves of the benefits of this subchapter and subchapter 1 of this chapter, they shall file their petition, signed by a majority of the qualified electors of the county or subdivision, in the county court of the county at a regular term of the court.  (b)  (1) The petition shall set forth, clearly, whether it is their intention to prevent the running at large of all animals mentioned in § 14-387-201 or only one (1) or more classes of them.  (2) If the petition is from the qualified electors of a subdivision, the subdivision shall be particularly described and its boundaries clearly designated.
AR Code § 14-387-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 2 - Creation of District — Petition Method|§ 14-387-203. Deposit for costs, etc

 (a) The county court, after the filing of a petition pursuant to § 14-387-202 shall proceed no further with the matter until the petitioners, or some of them, deposit with the clerk of the court a sufficient amount of money to pay all the costs, fees, and expenses that may arise in making the order.  (b) Under the provisions of this subchapter, the amount so deposited shall be determined by the court, and the clerk's receipt for it shall be filed with the petition.
AR Code § 14-387-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 2 - Creation of District — Petition Method|§ 14-387-204. Notice of filing petition

 (a)  (1) After the filing of the petition as provided in § 14-387-202, the county court shall make an order directing the clerk to cause notice to be given immediately of the filing of the petition.  (2) The notice shall specify:  (A) The class of animals it is proposed shall not run at large; and  (B) If, for a subdivision of a county, the territory described in the petition.      (b)  (1) The notice shall be published in some newspaper published in the county, if there is one.  (2)  (A) If no newspaper is published in the county, the notice shall be posted at the courthouse door and at each voting precinct in the county, if the petition is for a county.  (B) If the petition is for a subdivision, then the notice shall be posted at three (3) of the most public places in the subdivision.
AR Code § 14-387-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 2 - Creation of District — Petition Method|§ 14-387-205. Order prohibiting stock running at large

 (a)  (1) At the next regular term of the county court after the filing of a petition under this subchapter, the court shall investigate the matter.  (2) If, on investigation, it appears that a majority of the qualified electors of the county or subdivision, as the case may be, signed the petition and that the notice provided for in § 14-387-204 was given, the court shall make an order prohibiting the running at large of such stock as may be described in the petition in the territory described or in the county, as the case may be, after January 1 after the order is made.    (b)  (1)  (A) Immediately after the making of the order, the clerk shall cause copies of it to be posted at every voting precinct in the county, if the order is made for the county.  (B) If the order is for a subdivision, then a copy of the order shall be posted in three (3) of the most public places in the subdivision.    (2) After January 1, it shall be unlawful to permit to run at large, within the limits designated, any animal of the class mentioned in the order.
AR Code § 14-387-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 2 - Creation of District — Petition Method|§ 14-387-206. Setting aside of order

 (a)  (1) Whenever any county or subdivision has availed itself of this subchapter and subchapter 1 of this chapter, it shall be lawful for a majority of the qualified electors of the county or district, as the case may be, to petition the county court to set aside the order prohibiting the stock mentioned from running at large.  (2) The same notice shall be given and proceedings had as provided in this subchapter for obtaining the order.    (b) The court shall set aside the former order if, on investigation, it finds that:  (1) A majority of the qualified electors have petitioned for it; and  (2) The proper notice has been given.    (c) The petitioners shall pay all costs for having the order set aside.
AR Code § 14-387-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 3 - Creation of District — Election Method|§ 14-387-301. Order for election

 (a) Whenever twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of three (3) or more townships in any county in this state, as shown by the election returns for Governor at the last general election preceding the date of the petition, shall petition the county court for the privilege of voting on the question of restraining horses, mules, asses, cattle, goats, swine, and sheep, or any two (2) or more of these animals or the male species of them, from running at large, the court shall make an order for an election in the townships to be held at any general or special election for state or county officers.  (b) If petitioners file with their petition proper bond to be approved by the court conditioned to pay all the cost and expense of a special election, the court may call an election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. at any time upon the filing of the petition by giving notice of it as provided by law for general elections if the petition contains twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors residing within each township mentioned in the petition.
AR Code § 14-387-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 3 - Creation of District — Election Method|§ 14-387-302. Form of ballot

 There shall be written or printed on each ballot voted at an election under this subchapter the following sentences:   “FOR restraining (insert the names of the animals mentioned in petition) from running at large .   “AGAINST restraining (insert the names of the animals named in the petition) from running at large
AR Code § 14-387-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 3 - Creation of District — Election Method|§ 14-387-303. Result of election

 If a majority of the legal voters voting for and against the provisions of this subchapter at the election, whether general or special, shall vote to restrain the running at large of the animals named in the petition, the clerk of the county court shall:   (1) Enter on the record the result of the election;  (2) File the papers and terms of it in his or her office; and  (3)  (A) Immediately give notice of the result by publication in some newspaper published in the county and by causing notices to be posted in three (3) public places in each township affected by the election.  (B) If the vote shall be against restraining, publication and notice will not be required.
AR Code § 14-387-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 3 - Creation of District — Election Method|§ 14-387-304. Effect of approval

 When the required percent of the qualified electors and the required number of townships shall have petitioned the county court for the privilege of voting on the question of restraining the animals named in the petition from running at large, when the court shall have called an election as provided by this subchapter, when the majority of the legal electors in the townships shall have voted for enforcing the law restraining such animals from running at large, and when the provisions of this subchapter shall have been adopted as prescribed in it, then it shall be unlawful for any of the animals to be found running at large outside of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of it.
AR Code § 14-387-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 3 - Creation of District — Election Method|§ 14-387-305. Taking up of strays

 (a) Whenever the provisions of this subchapter shall have been adopted as provided in this subchapter, six (6) months thereafter it shall be unlawful for the owners of any of the animals named in the petition that has been submitted, voted upon, and adopted to permit them to run at large outside of the enclosure of the owner or keeper.  (b)  (1)  (A) If any of the animals shall be found running at large outside the enclosure of the owner or keeper, it shall be lawful for any person to restrain them immediately.  (B) The person shall, within three (3) days, notify the owner or keeper of the animals, in writing, if known, stating the amount of compensation for feeding and keeping the animals and the damage, if any, claimed, whereupon the owner or keeper of the animals shall pay to the taker-up of the animals a reasonable compensation for taking up, feeding, and caring for them and the actual damages sustained of him or her by them.    (2) If the owner or keeper of the animals is not known, they shall be deemed to be strays and shall be dealt with as provided by law with respect to taking up such property under the stray laws of this state.
AR Code § 14-387-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 3 - Creation of District — Election Method|§ 14-387-306. Exemption of townships from district

 (a) A majority of the legal electors residing within the territory of any one (1) township included in the adoption shall have the right to file their petition with the court within sixty (60) days after the election showing cause why the township should not be included with the other townships where the adoption has been made.  (b)  (1) If the petitioners and qualified electors shall show good and valid reason why the territory of the townships should not be governed by the order and shall, before the filing of the petition, give fifteen (15) days' notice, by publication, of their intention of filing and presenting the petition, and shall set forth in the notice their reasons why the township and petitioners should be exempt from the order adopting the act, then the court shall hear the petition, together with any remonstrance to it.  (2) If the court should find that the township and the citizens of it should be exempt from the provisions of the adoption, and that no injury will be done to citizens residing within adjoining townships, then the court shall make an order exempting the township from the adoption.
AR Code § 14-387-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 4 - Addition of Townships to District|§ 14-387-401. Authority and procedure generally

 (a) In all counties in this state where a majority of the area of the county has been created into a stock law district, or where any portion of a county has been created into a stock law district, by an act of the General Assembly prohibiting the running at large of certain designated livestock within a prescribed area and providing penalties for it and the act provides that other townships may become attached to and made a part of the stock law district by a majority petition of qualified electors of their respective townships to the county judge, who shall declare the townships attached to the original territory described in the act, it shall be lawful for any township, or part of a township in the county, whether it is contiguous or adjoining the original stock law district or not, to be made a part of the stock law district and subject to all provisions of the original act, as to the kind of stock running at large in it and the penalties for violations of the original act, upon a majority of the qualified electors residing in the territory to be affected, and named or described in the petition, filing with the county clerk a petition, describing the township, or parts of it, and requesting that the territory described in it be made a part of the original stock law district theretofore created by the General Assembly for parts of the county.  (b)  (1) The county court of any such county, upon finding that the petition correctly described the territory or names the townships to be affected and contains a majority of the qualified electors residing in the territory to be affected, shall make an order naming the township and describing the part of any township included, if only a part of a township is to be included, naming the kind of livestock prohibited from running at large in it and declaring the territory described in the order to be a part of the original stock law district of the county and subject to all the provisions and penalties of the original act as fully as though described in the original act of the General Assembly.  (2)  (A) The order shall be effective from and after the date of the order.  (B)  (i) Notice of the order shall be given by publication of it in some newspaper published in the county.  (ii) The costs of the order and publication shall be paid by petitioners.
AR Code § 14-387-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 5 - Exemption of Townships in District Including Entire County|§ 14-387-501. Authority and procedure generally

 (a) In any county in this state where any law has been enacted to restrain the running at large of horses, mules, asses, cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats, or any three (3) of these animals, by initiated local act, or otherwise, which includes the entire county, any political township in which no national or state highway or railroad traverses, and in which not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the lands within the township are improved or enclosed, a majority of the qualified electors of the political township may file, with the county court of the county, a petition showing good cause why the provisions of the local act should not be enforced, and that it would cause the inhabitants of the township great loss on account of being deprived of their ability to raise such livestock on unenclosed lands and the public range.  (b) The electors shall, before presenting the petition to the court, give fifteen (15) days' notice, by publication in some newspaper published in the county, where the act has been adopted, of the date on which the petition will be filed and presented to the court, setting forth in the notice the reasons why the township and petitioners should be exempted from the act, then the court shall hear the petition and any remonstrance that may be filed against it.  (c) If the court shall find, upon the hearing, that the requests of the petitioners to be exempt is reasonable, that not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the lands in the township are improved or enclosed, that the political township is not traversed by any national or state highway or railroads, and that the enforcement of any such local act would cause hardship and loss to the inhabitants of the township, and that it would cause no injury or injustice to the citizens of adjoining townships, then the court is empowered to enter an order exempting the residents of the township from the requirements, provisions, and penalties of such local act.
AR Code § 14-387-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 5 - Exemption of Townships in District Including Entire County|§ 14-387-502. Effect of exemption

 (a) The livestock mentioned in § 14-387-501 shall be kept under such control and restraint as to prevent them from running at large in any other township in the county which has not been exempted as provided for in this subchapter.  (b) The owners or keepers of all such livestock as may be found running at large in any township not so exempted shall be subject to all the provisions of the act then in force in the county.
AR Code § 14-387-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock Marshals|§ 14-387-601. Provisions cumulative

 This subchapter is cumulative of existing laws and shall not prevent any person from restraining the running at large of animals as provided by law.
AR Code § 14-387-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock Marshals|§ 14-387-602. Appointment

 The county judges of the respective counties, upon written petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the voters of the townships, are authorized and empowered to designate and appoint some competent person as stock marshal in any such townships within the county which have voted to restrain the running at large of livestock in them as provided in § 14-387-301 et seq.
AR Code § 14-387-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 6 - Stock Marshals|§ 14-387-603. Authority

 (a)  (1) Any person appointed stock marshal shall have authority to restrain and impound any animals found running at large outside the enclosures of the owner or keeper of it in any township which has voted to restrain the running at large of such animals, and shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for the taking up, feeding, and keeping of such animals.  (2) The stock marshal, within three (3) days, shall notify, in writing, the owner of the animals, if known, of the taking up of the animals, stating the amount due for the taking up, feeding, and keeping.    (b)  (1) The stock marshal shall have a lien upon any such animals found running at large and taken up by him for the taking up, feeding, keeping, and care of them.  (2)  (A)  (i) If the owner or keeper fails or refuses to pay for the taking up, feeding, keeping, and care of the animals within ten (10) days after the receipt of the written notice, the stock marshal shall sell them for cash, at public auction in the township where the animals were taken up, after first advertising the sale by at least three (3) written notices posted in the township where the animals were taken up.  (ii) Any amount received from the sale of any animals in excess of the amount due for the taking up, feeding, keeping, and care of the animals shall be paid to the county treasurer.    (B) If the owner or keeper of the animals is not known, they shall be deemed to be strays and shall be dealt with as provided by § 14-387-107.
AR Code § 14-387-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 387 - Stock Law Districts|Subchapter 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 14-387-701. Certain counties excepted

 Sections 14-387-301 — 14-387-306, and 14-386-701 — 14-386-706 shall not apply to Hot Spring, Montgomery, Sebastian, Sharp, Nevada, Izard, Van Buren, Calhoun, Marion, Howard, Cross, Cleveland, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Francis, Crittenden, Clark, Drew, Desha, Bradley, and Union counties.