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2022 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 55 - Riot, Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses
Section 5533 - Cruelty to animal
Universal Citation: 18 PA Cons Stat § 5533 (2022)
§ 5533. Cruelty to animal.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly illtreats, overloads, beats, abandons or abuses an animal.
(b) Grading.--
(1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), a violation of this section is a summary offense.
(2) If the violation causes bodily injury to the animal or places the animal at imminent risk of serious bodily injury, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
Cross References. Section 5533 is referred to in sections 5534, 5542, 5560, 9122.3 of this title; section 6138 of Title 61 (Prisons and Parole).
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