Statute 47-232: Certification to court where controversy between adverse claimants;
affidavits; testimony; order determining ownership and disposition of sale proceeds.
In the event that there are more than one claimant to any stray, and if
a contest or controversy ensues as a result of adverse claimants, the sheriff
shall certify the matter to the district court of the county in which the
stray is taken up, and said court shall docket said matter in a proper docket
supplied by the county. The claimants shall have ten (10) days following
the date of the docketing of said matter to file affidavits in support of
their several claims. The said court shall also have the right and authority
to hear oral testimony at any reasonable time on notice to the claimants
to determine the ownership of such stray. After any such hearing the said
court shall enter a finding and order determining the ownership of said
stray and directing the distribution of the proceeds from the sale of such stray animal.
History: L. 1945, ch. 226, § 4; L. 1970, ch. 205, § 4;
L. 1976, ch. 145, § 201; Jan. 10, 1977.