§ 2-38-302 - Penalty for failing to take up trespassing animals.
2-38-302. Penalty for failing to take up trespassing animals.
(a) (1) Any owner of an animal upon receiving notice either verbal or otherwise that the animal is at large and trespassing upon the land, premises, and crops of another person shall immediately take up the animal and thereafter confine it so that further depredations and damages shall be avoided.
(2) (A) If for twenty-four (24) hours after notification being given to him or her, the owner shall fail, neglect, or refuse to take up the animal upon being notified that his or her animal is running at large and trespassing, the owner shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined a sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
(B) Each day the animal continues to run at large shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) When any initiated act duly adopted by the electors as provided prescribes penalties, the penalties of this section shall be cumulative and in addition to the penalties prescribed by the initiated act.