41-6a-407. Livestock on highway -- Restrictions -- Collision, action for damages.
(1) (a) A person who owns or is in possession or control of any livestock may not
willfully or negligently permit any of the livestock to stray or remain unaccompanied on a
highway, if both sides of the highway are separated from adjoining property by a fence, wall,
hedge, sidewalk, curb, lawn, or building.
(b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to range stock drifting onto any highway moving to
or from their accustomed ranges.
(2) (a) A person may not drive any livestock upon, over, or across any highway during
the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.
(b) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply if the person has a sufficient number of herders with
warning lights on continual duty to open the road to permit the passage of vehicles.
(3) In any civil action brought for damages caused by collision with any domestic animal
or livestock on a highway, there is no presumption that the collision was due to negligence on
behalf of the owner or the person in possession of the domestic animal or livestock.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
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