TITLE 25

ANIMALS

CHAPTER 22

TRESPASS OF ANIMALS

25-2205.  Findings of amount due. The viewers may either determine the amount due to the lienholder as above provided for or refuse to make such a finding if the enclosure does not have a "legal fence" surrounding it, or award a nominal amount if it appears that there are minimal damages. If the enclosure does not have a "legal fence" surrounding it, the viewers may make a finding of costs against the person claiming the lien (as above provided), and the livestock shall at once be surrendered to the owner of the livestock, if known, without charge or further delay.

History:

[25-2205, added 1978, ch. 168, sec. 2, p. 367.]