Rhode Island General Laws/Title 4/Chapter 4-16/Section 4-16-3

R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-16-3. Retention of estrays by taker.

Every estrayed animal taken up shall be kept by the person who took it up thirty (30) days. If it is a horse, the person shall have a withe kept about the horse’s neck the whole of that time.

History

G.L. 1896, ch. 130, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 156, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 186, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 644, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 4-16-3.

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