Arkansas § 14-386-102 - Penalty for leaving gates open, etc. — Damages.
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§ 14-386-102. Penalty for leaving gates open, etc. — Damages.
Any person who shall willfully leave open or unfastened any gate, bars, or other passway leading into a fencing district, or any person passing through a gate, bars, or other passway and finding the gates, bars, or other passway opened or unfastened and shall fail to close or fasten them, or who shall tear down the fence, or any part of it, or in any manner injure or destroy it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine in any sum not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and, in addition thereto, shall be liable to: The fencing board of the district so injured for double the amount of damages done to the fence; and Any person in double the amount of any damages caused him by such action.
Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 14-386-102 ("Penalty for leaving gates open, etc. — Damages.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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