44-8-401 - Livestock not to run at large Punishment.

44-8-401. Livestock not to run at large Punishment.

(a)  It is unlawful for the owners of any livestock, as livestock is commonly known and defined, to willfully allow the livestock to run at large in this state.

(b)  A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1947, ch. 52, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 5087.1 (Williams, § 5077.1); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 44-1401, 44-8-101; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]