As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
- 1. “Aggrieved party” means a landowner or a local authority.
- 2. “County system” means the same as defined in section 445.1.
- 3. “Fence” means a fence as described in chapter 359A which is lawful and tight as provided in that chapter, including but not limited to a partition fence. For purposes of this chapter, “fence” includes a fence bordering a public road.
- 4. “Landowner” means a person who holds an interest in land, including a titleholder or tenant.
- 5. “Livestock” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; ostriches, rheas, or emus; farm deer as defined in section 170.1; or poultry.
- 6. “Livestock care provider” means a person designated by a local authority to provide care to livestock which is distrained by a local authority.
- 7. “Livestock owner” means the person who holds title to livestock or who is primarily responsible for the care and feeding of the livestock as provided by the titleholder.
- 8. “Local authority” means a city as defined in section 362.2 or a county as provided in chapter 331.
- 9. “Maintenance” means the provision of shelter, food, water, or a nutritional formulation as required pursuant to chapter 717.
- 10. “Public road” means a thoroughfare and its right-of-way, whether reserved by public ownership or easement, for use by the traveling public.
Further definitions, see §159.1
97 Acts, ch 57, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 149, §3, 23; 2007 Acts, ch 64, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1118, §1
Referred to in §314.30