2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 17 CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
17-547 Animals running at large; regulation.

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;
R.S.1943, § 17-547.

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).