§ 5-38-211 - Seed horse, unaltered mule, or jack running at large. - Arkansas Statutes

5-38-211. Seed horse, unaltered mule, or jack running at large.

(a) If any seed horse or any unaltered mule or jack, over the age of two (2) years, is found running at large, the owner shall be fined, for the first offense, three dollars ($3.00), and for every subsequent offense, not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00), to be recovered by action in the name of any person who shall sue:

(1) One-half (1/2) to his or her own use; and

(2) The other one-half (1/2) to the county's.

(b) The action may be prosecuted before any justice of the peace of the county where the offense is committed, and the owner is also liable for any damage that may be sustained by the running at large of the seed horse, jack, or mule, to be recovered by an action before any court having jurisdiction over the action.