Minnesota § 346.18 TAKING DISTRAINED BEASTS A MISDEMEANOR

Minnesota Statutes

§ 346.18 — TAKING DISTRAINED BEASTS A MISDEMEANOR

Minnesota § 346.18

PartANIMALS AND PROPERTY

Ch. 346ANIMALS

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Minn. Stat. § 346.18 (2026).

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If any person, without authority of law, and without first paying the damages and costs, takes any distrained beast out of the possession of the person making the distress, or that of the sheriff or poundmaster, as the case may be, without the possessor's consent, the taker shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall also be liable to the person injured in double the amount of the damage done by such beasts.

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If any person, without authority of law, and without first paying the damages and costs, takes any distrained beast out of the possession of the person making the distress, or that of the sheriff or poundmaster, as the case may be, without the possessor's consent, the taker shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall also be liable to the person injured in double the amount of the damage done by such beasts.