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2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LXII - CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 644 - BREACHES OF THE PEACE AND RELATED OFFENSES
Section 644:8-d - Maiming or Causing the Death of or Willful Interference With Police Dogs or Horses.
NH Rev Stat § 644:8-d (2015) What's This?
644:8-d Maiming or Causing the Death of or Willful Interference With Police Dogs or Horses. –
I. Whoever willfully tortures, beats, kicks, strikes, mutilates, injures, disables, or otherwise mistreats, or whoever willfully causes the death of a dog or horse owned or employed by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency and whoever knows that such dog or horse is owned or employed by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency shall be guilty of a class B felony.
II. Whoever willfully interferes or attempts to interfere with the lawful performance of a dog or horse owned or employed by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency and whoever knows that such dog or horse is owned or employed by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source. 1988, 203:1. 1994, 111:1. 1998, 365:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
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