Massachusetts Statutes
§ 39 — Escaped or rescued animals; right to retake
Massachusetts·Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT·Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS·Ch. 49 FENCES, FENCE VIEWERS, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Section 39. If beasts lawfully distrained or impounded escape or are rescued, the pound keeper, field driver or other person who distrained them may, within seven days thereafter, retake, hold and dispose of them as if there had been no escape or rescue.
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