Arkansas § 2-38-115 - Reclamation by owner.
Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 2-38-115 — Reclamation by owner., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-38-115. Reclamation by owner.
Within one (1) year from the time of the filing of the bond required by law, if the owner of any stray animal shall appear and claim it, he or she shall notify the taker-up; and the owner shall establish his or her claim to the animal before some justice of the peace of the county by such evidence as shall be satisfactory to the justice. Upon the justice being satisfied of the ownership of the animal taken up, he or she shall make an order in writing requiring the taker-up of the animal to deliver it to the owner when he or she pays the legal costs that have accrued thereon. The person having the animal proved and required to be given up by the justice's order shall deliver it to the owner on receiving the amount of cost legally due and shall take a receipt endorsed on the justice's order for the animal. The order and receipt shall be filed with the clerk of the county court of the proper county, upon the filing of which, the bond shall be deemed to be cancelled.
Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 2-38-115 cover?
Section 2-38-115 ("Reclamation by owner.") 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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