3-1376

3-1376. Hearing on claim; release or sale of
seized livestock; appeals

A. If any person appears at the time fixed for the hearing and claims all or part
of the livestock, the claim shall be stated and the judge of the court or justice of the
peace shall enter upon the minutes of the court the fact that the claim is made and the
hearing shall proceed as in civil actions.

B. Livestock determined by the court to be owned by any person shall be released
from seizure, upon payment to the department of the hauling charges and expense of
feeding and caring for such livestock. Livestock not so adjudged, or the ownership of
which is doubtful, shall be forfeited to the state and ordered sold by the department at
public auction, upon a fixed date after notice, as sales of personal property under
execution.

C. An appeal from the judgment may be taken as in civil actions and shall be
governed by the same rules that apply to appeals from justice courts or from the superior
court, as the case may be.