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609.227
Statute ID:
767
Statute Function ID:
18191
Dangerous Animals Destroyed
In Effect
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Statute Number:
609.227
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 1985
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Dangerous Animals Destroyed
Statute ID:
767
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Dangerous Animals Destroyed
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/227.html
Legislative Session:
2005 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
When a person has been charged with a violation of section 609.205, clause (4), or 609.226, subdivision 2 or 3, or a gross misdemeanor violation of section 609.226, subdivision 1, the court shall order that the animal which caused the death or injury be seized by the appropriate local law enforcement agency. The animal shall be killed in a proper and humane manner if the person has been convicted of the crime for which the animal was seized. The owner of the animal shall pay the cost of confining and killing the animal. This section shall not preempt local ordinances with more restrictive provisions.
