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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 4-16 - Estrays
Section 4-16-7 - Penalty for failure to proceed as required.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 4-16-7 (2017)
§ 4-16-7. Penalty for failure to proceed as required.
Any person taking up any estrayed animal and not proceeding as required by this chapter shall forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25.00), one half ( 1 / 2 ) to the use of the city or town where the offense has been committed and one half ( 1 / 2 ) to the use of him or her who shall sue for it.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 130, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 156, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 186, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 644, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 4-16-7.)
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