76-16-315. Procedure upon inability to locate person responsible for trespassing livestock. The state district taking up such livestock (if, after due diligence to discover the owner or possessor of such livestock, such owner or possessor cannot be found or the ownership of such livestock discovered) or the party taking up such livestock (if said owner or claimant shall refuse to pay the amount of damages or charges or furnish bonds therefor, as herein provided) shall, within 10 days from the time that said livestock was taken up, deliver to the sheriff or a constable of the county in which the livestock was taken up a statement containing the information required to be given in the notice, hereinbefore set out, and in addition thereto, he shall mail, by prepaid registered or certified mail, a copy of said statement addressed to the nearest state livestock inspector.

     History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 208, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 199, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 257, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2326(part).