44-8-405 - Gelding unclaimed animal Costs. - Tennessee Statutes

44-8-405. Gelding unclaimed animal Costs.

If the animal is not claimed within three (3) months after being taken up, and the fees and expenses paid as herein provided, the court may order the animal to be gelded by some person competent to perform the operation, at the risk and expense of the owner.

[Code 1858, § 1665 (deriv. Acts 1803, ch. 20, § 2); Shan., § 2851; mod. Code 1932, § 5080; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1405; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 2; T.C.A., § 44-8-105.]