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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 2 - Agriculture
Subtitle 3 - Livestock
Chapter 39 - Fences
§ 2-39-108. Animals breaking into enclosures
Universal Citation: AR Code § 2-39-108 (2017)
- If any horse, cattle, or other stock shall break into any enclosure or if any hog, pig, or shoat shall break into any enclosure, the owner of the creature shall:
- (1) For the first trespass, make reparation to the party injured for the true value of the damages he or she may have sustained;
- (2) For every trespass after the first trespass, double damages to be recovered with costs, before any justice of the peace or court having jurisdiction over the trespass, in the name of the injured party; and
- (3) For the third offense from any animal named breaking into the enclosure, the party injured may kill and destroy the animal so trespassing without being answerable for it.
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