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N.D. Cent. Code § 25-13-06

Killing or injury of service animal - Penalty

1. A person is guilty of a class C felony and is subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars if that person willfully and unjustifiably kills, shoots, tortures, torments, beats, kicks, strikes, mutilates, disables, or otherwise injures a service animal.

2. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars if that person willfully:

a. Harasses, taunts, or provokes a service animal; or b. Interferes with a service animal while the animal is working.

3. This section does not apply to a veterinarian who terminates the life of a service animal to relieve the animal of undue suffering and pain.

Official source: North Dakota Legislative Branch. Reproduced from public-domain North Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.