2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 17-547 — Animals running at large; regulation.

Section 17-547
Animals running at large; regulation.

Second-class cities and villages shall have power to regulate the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats, dogs, and other animals, and to cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the cost and penalties provided for the violation of such prohibitions, and the expense of impounding and keeping the same, and of such sale.

Source:

Laws 1879, § 69, XVI, p. 214

Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XVI, p. 182

Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XVI, p. 173

Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XVI, p. 301

R.S.1913, § 5121

C.S.1922, § 4296

C.S.1929, § 17-445

Annotations:

Where a village ordinance provides for impounding of animals running at large and fixes a certain fee which must be paid before the animal will be released, no lien is created for fee or charges permitted not specified in ordinance. Martin v. Foltz, 54 Neb. 162, 74 N.W. 418 (1898).

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska