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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 4-16 - Estrays
Section 4-16-3 - Retention of estrays by taker.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 4-16-3 (2017)
§ 4-16-3. Retention of estrays by taker.
Every estrayed animal taken up shall be kept by the person who took it up thirty (30) days. If it is a horse, the person shall have a withe kept about the horse's neck the whole of that time.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 130, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 156, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 186, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 644, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 4-16-3.)
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