2006 Kansas Code - 47-230

      47-230.   Taking up stray; notice, requirements; record of ownership and animal released, when; costs. Any person may take up any stray found upon his premises, or upon any public thoroughfare adjoining thereto, and he shall report such taking up to the sheriff of the county in which the stray is taken up within twenty-four (24) hours after the taking up of such stray. In giving such notice, the taker-up shall describe said stray to the sheriff by stating the kind of animal, color, weight, size, sex and age, the marks, brands or other distinguishing features of the animal, if any there may be, the place where the animal is kept and the address of the taker-up. The sheriff upon being given such notice shall notify the state livestock commissioner and the owners of all registered brands found on said animal. If the sheriff and the livestock commissioner or his duly authorized representatives find and establish the ownership of said animal, a record to that effect shall be kept, and said animal shall be then released to the established owner: Provided, That said owner has paid all costs accrued in said stray proceeding and has paid to the taker-up reasonable compensation for keeping and feeding said stray, as determined and agreed to by both the sheriff and the state livestock commissioner or his authorized representative, together with the cost for any damage which said stray may have caused.

      History:   L. 1945, ch. 226, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 297, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 205, § 1; July 1.