Section 3-1-11.1

Killing or disabling livestock; penalty.

(a) Any person, who unlawfully, wantonly or maliciously, kills, disables, disfigures, destroys, or injures the livestock of another while said livestock is on the premises of the owner of said livestock or on the premises of a person having charge thereof shall be guilty of a Class "C" felony.

(b) In addition to being guilty of a Class "C" felony, any person who unlawfully, wantonly or maliciously, kills, disables, disfigures, destroys, or injures the livestock of another while such livestock is on the premises of the owner of the livestock, or on the premises of a person having charge thereof, shall be liable for damages sustained by the killing, disabling, disfiguring, or destroying of said livestock in an amount equal to double the value thereof.

(c) For purposes of this section, livestock is defined as horses, cows, swine, goats, sheep, mules, and asses.

(Acts 1993, No. 93-719, p. 1406, §§1-3.)