44-8-407 - Compensation to taker-up.
44-8-407. Compensation to taker-up.
The taker-up is entitled to receive five dollars ($5.00) from the owner, and a reasonable compensation for keeping, to be determined as in the case of estrays, and the court to receive one dollar ($1.00).
[Code 1858, § 1667; Shan., § 2853; Code 1932, § 5082; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1407; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 2; T.C.A., § 44-8-107.]