Arkansas Code Title 18, Subtitle 4, Chapter 48, Subchapter 2 - Animals -- Feeding and Care of Livestock

• § 18-48-201 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Circuit clerk" means the office in the county where records of deeds and mortgages are kept. (B)...
• § 18-48-202 - Stolen Livestock Exempted.
  The lien provided under this subchapter shall not apply to any stolen livestock.
• § 18-48-203 - Filing of Written Contracts for Tending of Livestock.
  (a) (1) All written contracts or copies of them, duly certified by a notary public as true and correct, shall be filed in the...
• § 18-48-204 - Recording, Etc., of Liens by Third Parties.
  (a) Holders of conditional sale contracts shall not be required to record their contracts.(b) Holders of chattel mortgages and other claimants of liens upon...
• § 18-48-205 - Priority of Liens.
  (a) (1) The lien provided in this subchapter shall be first and prior to that of any conditional sale contract, recorded or filed chattel...
• § 18-48-206 - Lien of Livestock Tender -- Amount.
  (a) Any person to whom horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, or other livestock shall be entrusted by their owners or their agent for the...
• § 18-48-207 - Possession of Livestock by Tender.
  When the lien becomes effective, the person tending livestock shall be entitled to retain possession of the livestock until payment in full has been...
• § 18-48-208 - Delivery of Animals As Waiver of Lien -- Exception.
  (a) The voluntary delivery to the owners or lienholders of all livestock tended by a person tending them under this subchapter shall be held...
• § 18-48-209 - Time for Enforcement of Lien.
  If the owners fail to pay the fixed charges provided for in the written contract, or otherwise breach their agreement, the person who has...
• § 18-48-210 - Methods of Enforcement.
  The lien may be enforced either by public sale as provided in §§ 18-48-211 and 18-48-212 or by suit filed in the circuit court...
• § 18-48-211 - Notice Required Prior to Public Sale -- Affidavit -- Waiver of Notices.
  (a) Before any livestock shall be sold at public sale, without court action, if the names and addresses of the owners and if the...
• § 18-48-212 - Sale and Disposition of Proceeds.
  (a) All sales under this subchapter shall be at public auction for cash.(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale, after payment of the charges...

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