A. No carrier or other person having property or goods under its control for the purpose of interstate transportation for hire shall abandon the property or goods contained therein without notice to the owner of the property or goods.

B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection A of this section may be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.