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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Choprzrul" data-source="post: 4212285" data-attributes="member: 50380">If it's a neighbor, and that livestock ventures onto your property to eat (damage), you have recourse.....and perhaps it would provide motivation for the neighbor to fix his fences....The below is taken, in part, <a href="https://www.mcafeetaft.com/when-livestock-stray/#:~:text=Title%204%2C%20Section%20155%20of,be%20seized%20as%20trespassing%20animals.%E2%80%9D" target="_blank">from this website:</a>4 Okla. Stat. §§ 132-135 provide a process for when livestock are distrained. While the procedure is somewhat complicated, the end result is this: if a livestock owner fails to keep his animals fenced in and the straying animals venture onto your property and do damage to your crops, grass, hay etc., you may pen up the livestock. You must then follow notify the owner and try to work out payment for the damage. If that does not relieve the situation, you must notify the sheriff who is required to act as an arbiter of the dispute. If the owner does not pay the amount of damages determined by the sheriff, the sheriff can sell the livestock. During the process, the distrainer has a possessory lien on the livestock and may maintain possession of the animals, but must provide adequate care. The distrainer should be entitled to reimbursement for the cost of boarding the livestock.</blockquote>