§ 14-386-103 - Penalty for stock running at large -- Damages.
14-386-103. Penalty for stock running at large -- Damages.
(a) After any fencing district has been enclosed by a good and lawful fence, it shall be unlawful for any person who is the owner, or who has control of any kind of stock, to let them run at large in the district.
(b) (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Upon conviction, an offender shall be fined in any sum not less than one ($1.00) or more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and, in addition to the fine, shall be liable for double the amount of any damages that any person may sustain by reason of the stock running at large in the district, to be recovered by action before any court having competent jurisdiction.
(c) This section shall not prohibit any person from fencing his lands, or any part of them, separately and pasturing them.