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2020 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title N - Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
Article 242 - Offenses Against Service Animals and Handlers
242.15 - Harming a Service Animal in the First Degree.
Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 242.15 (2020)
§ 242.15 Harming a service animal in the first degree.A person is guilty of harming a service animal in the first degree when, he or she commits the crime of harming a service animal in the second degree, and has been convicted of harming a service animal in the first or second degree within the prior five years.
Harming a service animal in the first degree is a class E felony.
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