Section 2-38-118 - No premature disposition of strays(a) A person impounding any livestock shall not sell, exchange, or dispose of it in any manner nor kill any domesticated cattle, hogs, or sheep until after the expiration of the time that the owner has the right to prove his or her property in them.(b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined in any sum not less than half nor more than double the appraised value of the impounded livestock.Amended by Act 2023, No. 594,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.Rev. Stat., ch. 58, § 21; Acts 1842, § 2, p. 25; C. & M. Dig., §§ 294, 303; Pope's Dig., §§ 308, 317; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 78-1127, 78-1128.