(a) No person shall charge anything for keeping any horse, mare, mule, jack, or jenny which may be worked or ridden while in the possession of the taker-up.
(b) For the keeping of other animals, or the named animals if not worked or ridden, the person taking them up shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation to be adjudged by the justice of the peace before whom the owner proves his or her right of property.
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