§ 2-40-1004 - Penalties for cattle drifting or being transported across district line. - Arkansas Statutes

2-40-1004. Penalties for cattle drifting or being transported across district line.

(a) (1) Cattle from below the district cattle quarantine line shall not be allowed to drift across the quarantine line, and the owner of the cattle allowing them to so drift across shall be guilty of a violation.

(2) (A) Upon conviction, the owner shall be fined in any sum of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(B) This penalty shall not apply to an adjoining landowner as described in 2-40-1001.

(3) Cattle from above the quarantine line that drift across the quarantine line shall be subject to the laws affecting other cattle below the quarantine line.

(b) (1) At no season of the year shall cattle be driven or transported across the district quarantine line without a certificate of inspection by a federal or state veterinary inspector.

(2) Any person so driving or transporting cattle or any person found aiding or abetting in the driving or transporting of cattle shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.