Upon receiving notice of the impoundment of an estray the director shall make or cause to be made an examination of the brand records. If from this record the name of the owner or probable owner can be determined, the director shall notify the owner of the impoundment of the estray and, upon the owner proving to the satisfaction of the board that the estray is lawfully his, the board shall issue to him an order to receive the estray upon payment of any reasonable charges that may have been incurred in the care of the estray impounded. History: Laws 1907, ch. 80, § 3; Code 1915, § 159, C.S. 1929, § 4-1503; 1941 Comp., § 49-1503; Laws 1953, ch. 18, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 47-14-3; Laws 1977, ch. 165, § 2; 1999, ch. 282, § 82. ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, made several stylistic changes throughout the section. The 1977 amendment rewrote this section, which formerly dealt with duties of the secretary of the cattle sanitary board and the taking up of estrays. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals § 128.
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