(a) Every justice of the peace, on receiving notice of any animal being taken up, shall forthwith appoint three (3) appraisers, who shall be citizen householders of the county, to appraise and describe the animal.
(b)
(1) The appraisers appointed shall, as soon as practicable, proceed to view the animal and make out a detailed description, stating the marks, brands, age, color, stature, and value thereof, which description and valuation shall be signed by the appraisers and sworn to before the justice appointing them.
(2) For their services, they shall each receive the sum of fifty cents (50¢).
(c) The description and valuation so sworn to shall be delivered by the appraisers to the justice of the peace, who shall deliver to the person taking up the animal a copy thereof.
(d) The original of the certificate of appraisement of the justice shall, within ten (10) days, be deposited into the office of the clerk of the county court of his or her county.
(e) The justice, at the time of depositing the certificate of appraisement with the clerk for record, shall also file with the clerk the bond required by this subchapter, which bond shall be kept by the clerk.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 38 - Livestock Running at Large or Straying
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 2-38-104. Duty and rights of taker-up or impounder
§ 2-38-105. Certificate of examination
§ 2-38-106. Posting description of animal
§ 2-38-108. Certificate of appraisement
§ 2-38-111. Advertisements to be posted
§ 2-38-112. Publication in addition to posting
§ 2-38-113. Payment of expenses
§ 2-38-114. Stray pen — Exhibition
§ 2-38-115. Reclamation by owner
§ 2-38-116. Refusal to deliver
§ 2-38-117. Compensation for keeping strays
§ 2-38-118. No premature disposition of strays
§ 2-38-119. Liability for death or escape of animals
§ 2-38-120. Forfeiture of right to animal
§ 2-38-121. Payment and filing required for unclaimed strays