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343.21.8
Statute ID:
436
Statute Function ID:
465
Overwork/Mistreat Animals-Caging-M
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Petty Misdemeanor (PM)
General Offense Code:
Other (9)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Other/Status/Misc (M) (Rank 30)
Detailed Offense Code:
Animal Welfare (990)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
720
Animal Cruelty
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
Yes
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
Yes
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
343.21.8
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Overwork/Mistreat Animals-Caging-M
Statute ID:
436
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:
Overwork/Mistreat Animals-Caging-M
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/343/21.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Sep 1, 2006
No person shall cage any animal for public display purposes unless the display cage is constructed of solid material on three sides to protect the caged animal from the elements and unless the horizontal dimension of each side of the cage is at least four times the length of the caged animal. The provisions of this subdivision do not apply to the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, the Minnesota State Fair, or to the county agricultural societies, county fairs, to any agricultural display of caged animals by any political subdivision of the state of Minnesota, or to district, regional or national educational livestock or poultry exhibitions. The provisions of this subdivision do not apply to captive wildlife, the exhibition of which is regulated by section 97A.041.
