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PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title L - Offenses Against Public Administration
Article 195 - Official Misconduct and Obstruction of Public Servants Generally
195.12 - Harming an Animal Trained to Aid a Person With a Disability in the First Degree.
Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 195.12 (2019)
§ 195.12 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability inthe first degree.
A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the first degree when such person:
1. intentionally causes physical injury to such animal while it is in the performance of aiding a person with a disability, and thereby renders such animal permanently incapable of providing such aid to such person, or to another person with a disability; or
2. intentionally kills such animal while it is in the performance of aiding a person with a disability.
Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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