Penalties
Effective Nov 1, 2024Laws 1972, SB 361, c. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Amended by Laws 2000, HB 1927, c. 206, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2007, HB 1914, c. 5, § 16, eff. November 1, 2007 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2024, HB 2986, c. 191, § 2, eff. November 1, 2024 (superseded document available).
A. Any person who:
- 1. Willfully omits to keep a domestic animal such person owns or has charge of within a suitable enclosure;
- 2. Allows the animal to be unrestrained or to run at large, with notice, actual or constructive, that the enclosure within which the animal is kept is open; or
3. Knowingly causes a domestic animal to escape confinement,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense, or not more than thirty (30) days of imprisonment in the county jail for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
- B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to domestic animals that are on a county road designated as an open pasture road as provided for in Section 1 of this act.
- C. For the purpose of this act, the term "domestic animals" shall not include domestic house pets.
Laws 1972, SB 361, c. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Amended by Laws 2000, HB 1927, c. 206, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2007, HB 1914, c. 5, § 16, eff. November 1, 2007 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2024, HB 2986, c. 191, § 2, eff. November 1, 2024 (superseded document available).