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K.S.A. § 47-122 (2026)

Unlawful for livestock to run at large

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47-122. Unlawful for livestock to run at large. It shall be unlawful for any livestock to run at large.

History: L. 1929, ch. 211, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 195, § 6; L. 2012, ch. 125, § 5; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1950–2022 · leading case: Walborn v. Stockman, 706 P.2d 465 (Kan. Ct. App. 1985).
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Walborn v. Stockman, 706 P.2d 465 (Kan. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 6× “” K.S.A. 47-122. Since the legislature in drafting the statewide herd law did not use the words “permit” or “allow” to run at large, as it had in the other herd laws (e.”
Abbott v. Howard, 219 P.2d 696 (Kan. 1950). · cites it 4× “At any rate, section 47-122 provides, as follows: *309 "That it shall be unlawful for any neat cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine or sheep, to run at large.”
Wrinkle v. Norman, 301 P.3d 312 (Kan. 2013). “*426 The defendants based their motion for summaiy judgment on theories of trespass, and tíre district court likewise decided the motion without the benefit of the rules that we recognize in this opinion.”
Clark v. Carson, 362 P.2d 71 (Kan. 1961). · cites it 2× “That any person whose animals shall run at large, in violation of the provisions of section 47-122 of this act, shall be liable to the person injured for all damages resulting therefrom, and the person so damaged shall have a lien on said animals for the amount of such damages.”
Yunghans v. Carson, 670 P.2d 928 (Kan. Ct. App. 1983). “K.S.A. 47-122; K.S.A. 47-311. Under the plain statutory language, intervenor Farm Bureau has no right of subrogation to plaintiff s recovery from the owner of the steer.”
Lee v. Kaup Kattle Co. (D. Kan. 2022). · cites it 2× “Breach For Plaintiffs to succeed on their negligence claim, a reasonable jury must be able to conclude that Defendants failed to exercise due care in containing the bull and maintaining their fencing, a question of fact.”
Wrinkle v. Norman, 242 P.3d 1216 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 47-122 makes it "unlawful for any domestic animal, other than dogs and cats, to run at large.”
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