- (1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized control of a service animal if the person purposely or knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over a service animal with the intent to deprive the service animal's handler of the service animal.
- (2) A person convicted of the offense of unauthorized control of a service animal is guilty of misdemeanor theft and shall be punished as provided in 45-6-301.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 568, L. 2025.