Staking, Pasturing, Etc., of Animals Upon Highway Rights-of-Way.

Ala. Code tit. 3, ch. 3

in effect

Ala. Code § 3-3-1 Prohibited.

3-3-1. Prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to stake, tie, hobble or pasture any animal of the cow kind, horse, mare, jack, mule, jennet or other equine animal, hog or animal of the swine kind, sheep or goat upon the right-of-way of any highway in this state. (b) Any person having charge of or owning any such animal who knowingly permits such animal to be staked, tied, hobbled or pastured on the right-of-way of any highway in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law for misdemeanors. (Acts 1967, No. 241, p. 622, §§1, 4.)

Ala. Code § 3-3-2 Peace Officers Empowered to Take Up Animals Staked, Pastured, Etc., on Highway.

3-3-2. Peace Officers Empowered to Take Up Animals Staked, Pastured, Etc., on Highway. Every peace officer of this state is empowered to take up any such animal staked, tied, hobbled or pastured on any highway in this state in the same manner as is provided by law for the taking up of estrays or animals running at large. (Acts 1967, No. 241, p. 622, §2.)

Ala. Code § 3-3-3 Applicability of Laws as to Estrays, Etc., to Animals Staked, Pastured, Etc., on Highway Right-of-Way.

3-3-3. Applicability of Laws as to Estrays, Etc., to Animals Staked, Pastured, Etc., on Highway Right-of-Way. All provisions of any law concerning estrays or animals running at large shall apply with equal force to any such animal staked, tied, hobbled or pastured on the right-of-way of any highway in this state. (Acts 1967, No. 241, p. 622, §3.)

Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabamaFetched: 10/20/2026