Causing a dog to pursue a live animal propelled by a device
This law makes it a crime to tie or attach a live animal to a powered machine or device so that a dog or dogs will chase it. This is treated as a class A misdemeanor, which is a lower-level crime.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
578.027. Causing a dog to pursue a live animal propelled by a device — . — 1. A person commits the of causing a dog to pursue a live animal propelled by a device if he or she ties or attaches or fastens any live animal to any machine or device propelled by any power for the purpose of causing such animal to be pursued by a dog or dogs.
2. The offense of causing a dog to pursue a live animal propelled by a device is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1984 H.B. 1210 § 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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