Title 3 — Title 3
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Ala. Code § 3-2-1 Taking Up as Estrays of Equine, Equidae, Etc., Running at Large About
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Residences, Etc. Any person who finds running at large about his or her residence or premises or the residence or premises of which he or she has charge any equine or equidae, cattle, hog, sheep, or goat, the owner of which is unknown, may take up such animal as an estray to be d…
Ala. Code § 3-2-2 Notification of Department of Agriculture and Industries as to Seizure;
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Lien of Seizor for Costs of Keeping Animal, Etc. (a) Within five days after taking up an estray, notice of the seizure of such estray shall be furnished to the Department of Agriculture and Industries, accompanied by a complete description of the animal together with the time and…
Ala. Code § 3-2-20 Duty of Director of Public Safety
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The Director of Public Safety shall provide for taking up and impounding livestock or animals running at large upon state and federal aid highways which have been officially designated as such and regularly and customarily patrolled by the state highway patrol or upon the rights-…
Ala. Code § 3-2-21 Notification of Owner of Animal Taken Up and Impounded; Filing of
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Notice with Probate Judge Where Owner Cannot Be Located; Procedure for Recovery of Animal by Owner. (a) The owner of any livestock taken up and impounded as provided in Section 3-2- 20, if known, shall be served personally with notice thereof, which notice shall specify the numbe…
Ala. Code § 3-2-22 Sale of Animals Taken Up and Impounded
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If the owner or his agent shall not reclaim his livestock or animal within the time allowed in this article, the poundkeeper or officer shall sell the same upon giving five days’ notice of such sale by publication one time in a newspaper published in the county, said notice to co…
Ala. Code § 3-2-23 Disposition of Fees Collected Under Article
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All fees collected under the provisions of this article shall be paid to the State Treasurer and be credited to the account of a special fund to be expended in furtherance of the purposes of this article. History: (Acts 1951, No. 822, p. 1454, §4.)
Ala. Code § 3-2-3 Investigation of Seizure by Department; Procedure for Return of Animal
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Where Owner Located, Etc. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, upon receipt of a notice from a person who has seized an estrayed animal as provided in Section 3-2-2, shall investigate such seizure in an effort to locate the owner of the animal. In the event the owner is …
Ala. Code § 3-2-4 Publication and Posting of Notice as to Estrayed Animal Where Owner
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Not Located; Return to Owner or Sale of Estray Generally; Procedure for Sale of Unclaimed Estray and Disposition of Proceeds Thereof. (a) If the owner of an estrayed animal seized as provided under Section 3-2-2 is not found after an investigation is conducted by the Department o…