State Animal Cruelty Chart Forty-eiht states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico an the Virin Islans have laws makin certain types of animal cruelty a offense. State Citation Max Penalty Applies to Max Fine 1 Max AL 13A- 11-241; 13A-11-14; 13A- 11-245 AK 11.61.140 AZ 13-2910; 11-1029 AR 5-62- 103; 5-62- 104; 5-62-106 Class C Class C Class 6 Class D Class C (subsequent : o or cat :, Mis:, : all : os, cats, horses $15,000 10 Class B misemeanor $50,000 5 Class A misemeanor Class C (subsequent offense within 10 ) $150,000 1 ½ $10,000 10 Class 1 misemeanor Class 6 (intentionally/knowinl y an results in serious physical injury to animal) Unclassifie mis Class D (4 th or more within 5 of previous Bonin or (os/cats only) for up to 10 2000 2008 1999 Shall bon Manator y evaluation, may orer treatment 2009
CA Cal. Penal Coe 597; 11199 CO 18-9- 202; 18-9- 202.5 CT 53-247; 22-329a; 53a-30 DE 11 Del. C. 1325; 3 Del. C. 7905 Class 6 Class 5 (subsequent Class D Class F : all : all : all : all,, crustaceans an mollusks,, crustaceans an mollusks Bonin or $20,000 3 or misemeanor Manator y $500,000 3 Class 1 misemeanor Class 6 (subsequent $5,000 5 Unclassifie misemeanor Court etermine as a conition of probation 1988 Shall bon 1 st offense: May orer 2 n offense: Manator y 2002 Shall bon May orer 1996 3 Class A misemeanor Shall ban for 5 for misemeanor; 15 for 1994 FL 828.12; 828.073 3 r eree GA 16-12-4 : all : all, an pests $10,000 5 Mis of 1 st eree Manator torture $100,000 5 Misemeanor Mis of a hih an aravate nature (subsequent offense that results in eath of Lien on animal for costs May orer evaluation 1989 2000
HI 711-1108.5; 711-1109; 711-1109.2 Class C ID 25-3504 (3 r IL 510 ILCS 70/3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 IN 35-46- 3-12; 35-46-3-6; 35-46-3-7 IA 717B.3A, 717B.1, 717B.2, 717B.3, 717B.4 Class 3 Class D Class D (2 n, animal) an pests : pet an horses Any animal 1 year Misemeanor (3 r or subsequent violation within 15 of the 1 st conviction) torture: all aravate cruelty: companion : vertebrate animal Mis: vertebrate : other than livestock, ame, furbearer, Bonin or $10,000 5 Misemeanor May bon 2007 $25,000 5 Class A Misemeanor Class 4 (subsequent $10,000 3 Class A misemeanor Class D (with prior unrelate conviction uner chapter that is not for the harborin of a nonimmunize o) $7,500 5 Simple misemeanor Serious misemeanor (intentionally an results in serious injury of eath of animal) Shall bon May bon (companion only) Manator juveniles, torture an hoarers; may orer for other crimes N/A 1999 May bon May orer 1998 Shall bon Manator torture 2000
fish, reptile, amphibian or nuisance willife Mis: other than livestock, ame, furbearer, fish, reptile, amphibian or nuisance willife Bonin or KS 21-4310; 23-4311; 23-4313; 23-4317; 21-6412 KY 525.135, 525.130 Non-person Class D : all : o an cat Mis: any animal $5,000 1 year Class A non-person misemeanor Non-person (subsequent Shall bon Manator y evaluation Illeal to possess for 5 after cruelty conviction $10,000 5 Class A misemeanor 2003 2006 LA 14:102.1; 14:102.2 : all $25,000 10 Misemeanor (subsequent offense; or 1 st offense intentionally/with criminal nelience) Shall bon May orer evaluation for cruelty; manator cruelty ME 17- Class C crime : all $10,000 5 Class D crime May bon May orer 2001 1995
MD 1031; 17-1027; 7-4011 Criminal Law, 10-606; 10-604; 10-615 : all Class C crime (3 r Bonin or $5,000 3 Misemeanor May orer 2001 MA 272 77, 104; 266 112 MI 750.50; 750.50b MN 343.21; 343.235 MS 97-41- 2; 97-41- 15; 97-41-16 (97-41- 1)** MO 578.012; 578.018 level 2 (2 n Class D : all : all : pets or companion : os an cats : all $2,500 5 May bon 1804 $20,000 4 Misemeanor (4 or more ; or subsequent $10,000 4 Misemeanor Gross misemeanor (subsequent offense within 5 of previous violation) $5,000 5 Misemeanor (os an cats) $5,000 4 Class A misemeanor Class D (subsequent May bon May orer for probationary perio; permanently on secon offense May bon May orer Shall bon 1931 2001 2011 May bon 1994 MT 45-8- : all $2,500 2 Misemeanor 1993
211; 45-8-217; 27-1-434 NE 28-1009; 28-1011; 28-1012; 28-1019 NV 206.150; 574.100; 574.055; 62E.680 Class IV Cateory D (1st Cateory C (3 r NH 644:8 Class B : all except uncapture wil except uncapture wil : belonin to another Mis (3 r offense ): all : omestic, househol pets or wil in captivity Mis: omestic, househol pets or wil in (subsequent $10,000 5 Class I misemeanor Class IV (result in serious injury or illness or eath of animal) $10,000 5 Misemeanor (1 st or 2 n offense in precein 7 ) Cateory C (3 r or more within the immeiately precein 7 ) $4,000 7 Misemeanor (1 st Class B (subsequent Bonin or May bon Lien on animal for costs Lien on animal for costs May bon on appeal Manator juveniles for term of sentence For felonies, shall ban for 5-15 ; for misemeanors, may ban for up to 5 2002 1999 1994
NJ 4:22-17 Crime of the 3 r eree 2 NM 30-18- 1; 30-18-1.2 NY A & Markets Law, 353, 353- a, 373, 374 4 th eree Class E NC 14-360 Class I ND 36-21.1-02; 36-21.1-11 OH 959.02; 959.13; 959.131; 959.132; 959.99 Class A misemeano r 5 th eree (2 n captivity : all : all except reptiles except reptiles : companion : all : companion $15,000 5 Disorerly persons offense $5,000 18 month s Misemeanor 4 th eree (4 th Bonin or May bon Manator juveniles Manator juveniles May orer for aults $5,000 2 Class A misemeanor May bon Court etermine 1 year Class 1 misemeanor Class H (intentional eprivation leain to eath of animal; or maliciously an results in eath of animal) $2,000 1 year Class A misemeanor N/A $2,000 1 year Mis of the 2 n eree (non-companion animal) Mis of the 2 n eree (1 st offense to companion animal) May bon (companion only) May orer 2001 1999 1999 1998 2002
OK 21 Okl.St.Ann. 1685; 1681; 1680.4 OR 167.315; 167.320; 167.322; 167.332; 167.334; 167.347; 167.350 PA 18 Pa. 5511 RI 4-1-2, 4-1-3, 4-1- 5, 4-1-36 SC 47-1- 40; 47-1- 70; 47-1-140; Class C 3 r eree (2 n : all : all : os an cats Mis: omestic animal or omestic fowl Summary offense: all : all :, except fowl Mis: Bonin or Mis of the 1 st eree (subsequent offense to companion animal) $5,000 5 May bon 1887 $125,000 5 Class B mis Class A mis (results in serious physical injury or eath of animal) $15,000 7 Summary offense Mis of 3 r eree (subsequent offense an offenses were towars o/cat an o/cat was seriously injure, suffere severe physical istress or was place at imminent risk of serious physical harm) May bon Lien on for cost $1,000 2 Misemeanor Lien on for cost $5,000 5 Misemeanor Lien on for cost May orer May orer evaluation Illeal to possess omestic for 5 for misemeanor; 15 for for term of the sentence 1995 1995 May orer 1896 2000
47-1-150, except fowl Class 1 misemeano r SD 40-1-5; 40-1-5.1; 40-1-20; 40-1-21; 40-1-27 TN 39-14- 202; 39-14- 210; 39-14-212 TX Penal Coe, 42.092; Health & Safety Coe, 821.023; Family Coe, 54.0407 Class E State jail (1 st & 2 n 3 r eree (3 r UT 76-9-301 3 r eree : companion animal Mis: omestic animal or wil animal in captivity : omesticate animal, stray/feral os or cats, wil in captivity Mis: omesticate animal, stray/feral os or cats, wil in captivity : o or cat, except zoo, Bonin or $2,000 1 year Class 1 misemeanor Lien on animal for costs $3,000 6 Class A misemeanor Class E (subsequent conviction) $10,000 10 Class A misemeanor State jail (3 r $5,000 5 Class B mis (if intentionally/knowinly ; on subsequent offense becomes Class A mis) Class C mis (if May bon May orer Manator juveniles May orer N/A 2001 1997 2008
VT 13 V.S.A. 352; 352a; 353; 354 VA 3.1-796.122; 3.2-6569 WA 16.52.205; 16.52.207; 16.52.200 Class C kept to train huntin os or raptors, an temporarily in the state with a USDA license exhibitor : all 1 st offense : o or cat 2 n offense : all : all recklessly/with criminal nelience; on subsequent offense becomes Class B mis) $7,500 5 Civil citation (if not previously ajuicate in violation of chapter) Mis (otherwise) $2,500 5 Class 1 misemeanor Class 6 (maliciously an has been convicte for cruelty to within 5 if any current or previous violation resulte in eath or necessary euthanasia or animal) $10,000 5 Class C (with criminal nelience an resultantly causes substantial an unjustifiable physical pain that extens for a perio sufficient to cause consierable sufferin or eath to animal) Bonin or Lien on animal for costs May bon May orer May orer May orer Shall ban if animal ies or on 2 n offense; may ban for others. If ban is orere, court shall ban for 2 for 1998 1999 1994
WV 61-8-19; 7-10-4 WI 951.18; 951.02; 173.23 WY 6-3-203; 11-29- 114 DC 22-1001; 22-1004 Guam 9 G.C.A. 70.10; 80.12 Class I Petty misemeano r : all : mammals, reptiles an amphibians Mis: mammals, reptiles an amphibians : all : all Bonin or Gross mis (uner circumstances not amountin to above first eree animal cruelty an the animal suffers unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain as a result) $5,000 5 Misemeanor Shall bon $10,000 3 ½ Class C forfeiture Class A forfeiture (violation within 3 after a humane officer issues abatement orer) Class A misemeanor (intentionally or neliently) $5,000 2 Misemeanor Hih mis (subsequent May bon Shall bon $25,000 5 Petty misemeanor Lien on animal for costs $500 60 ays Misemeanor 3 r eree (if result in serious Shall orer evaluation (prior to probation) May orer May orer misemeanor an permanently for felonies or subsequent misemeanors Shall ban for 5 for misemeanor; 15 for for up to 5 2003 1986 2003 2001 N/A
Puert o Rico Virin Islan s 5 L.P.R.A. 1652; 1653; 1659 14 V.I.C. 181-185; 187 2 n eree : omestic, birs or other kept in captivity Mis: omestic, birs or other kept in captivity : mammals, birs, reptiles an amphibians, but not pests $10,000 15 physical injury or eath to animal) Misemeanor (with nelience) 4 th eree (if serious isrear for the life an safety of animal an with intention of causin serious boily harm) Bonin or $5,000 2 Misemeanor Shall orer (prior to probation) Shall ban for 5-20 2004 2005 1 In some states, these maximum penalties apply only on a secon or subsequent offense. Penalties for a first offense may be lower. 2 These states o not classify offenses as felonies, but have level penalties.