(a) Any person who shall willfully leave open or unfastened any gate, bars, or other passway leading into a fencing district, or any person passing through a gate, bars, or other passway and finding the gates, bars, or other passway opened or unfastened and shall fail to close or fasten them, or who shall tear down the fence, or any part of it, or in any manner injure or destroy it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine in any sum not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and, in addition thereto, shall be liable to:
(1) The fencing board of the district so injured for double the amount of damages done to the fence; and
(2) Any person in double the amount of any damages caused him by such action.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts
Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-386-102. Penalty for leaving gates open, etc. — Damages
§ 14-386-103. Penalty for stock running at large — Damages
§ 14-386-104. Establishment of fencing districts
§ 14-386-105. Appointment of fencing board, etc
§ 14-386-106. Appointment of collector and treasurer, etc
§ 14-386-107. Plans for building fence
§ 14-386-108. Openings and gates required
§ 14-386-109. No boundary fences for adjoining districts
§ 14-386-110. Removal of fence in adjoining districts
§ 14-386-111. Use of existing fences
§ 14-386-112. Navigable stream as lawful fence
§ 14-386-113. Assessment not required
§ 14-386-114. Railroads subject to tax
§ 14-386-115. Order of assessment
§ 14-386-116. Publication of order — Contest
§ 14-386-117. Delivery of assessment to collector
§ 14-386-118. Notice of assessment
§ 14-386-119. Proceedings upon nonpayment of assessment