Chapter 47: Livestock And Domestic Animals

Article 1: Stock Running At Large

Statute 47-121: Penalty for unlawful driving of animals. That any person or persons other than the owner or his authorized agent who shall willfully drive or cause to be driven any horses, cattle, mules, sheep or swine or other domestic animals further from their usual and customary range than the nearest corral obtainable without the written consent of the owner, or who shall neglect to return such horses, mules, cattle, sheep or swine or other domestic animals immediately to their accustomed range, shall in either case be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

      History:   L. 1901, ch. 253, § 1; March 22; R.S. 1923, 47-121.