2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 28-1018 — Sale of puppy or kitten; prohibited acts; penalty.

Section 28-1018
Sale of puppy or kitten; prohibited acts; penalty.

(1) A person, other than an animal control facility or animal shelter, who sells a puppy or kitten under eight weeks of age without its mother is guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.

(2) For purposes of this section:

(a) Animal control facility means a facility operated by the state or any political subdivision of the state for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals; and

(b) Animal shelter means a facility used to house or contain dogs or cats and owned, operated, or maintained by an incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of such animals.


Source:
    Laws 2003, LB 17, § 5

    Laws 2006, LB 856, § 12.



~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006

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