Killing of a police dog laws in the United States

Killing of a police dog laws in the United States
U.S. Code Title 18
* Federal: Not more than 10 years imprisonment
Uniform Code of Military Justice: Not more than 3 months imprisonment
By State
* Alabama: Not less than 1 year and 1 day and not more than 10 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed)
* Alaska: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Arizona: Not less than 4 months and not more than 2 years imprisonment or not more than 6 months in jail
* Arkansas: Not more than 6 years imprisonment or not more than 1 year in jail
* California: Mandatory minimum 1 year imprisonment, additional and consecutive to the following sentencing options: 16 months (if imprisonment is imposed), 2 years (if imprisonment is imposed), or 3 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed) or not more than 1 year in jail
* Colorado: Not less than 90 days in jail or home detention and not more than 1.5 years imprisonment
* Connecticut: Not more than 10 years imprisonment
* Delaware: Not more than 3 years imprisonment (if killing is unnecessary) or not more than 1 year in jail (if killing is not unnecessary)
* District of Columbia: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Florida: Not more than 5 years imprisonment (minimum sentencing guidelines)
* Georgia: Not less than 1.5 years and not more than 5 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed)
* Hawaii: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Idaho: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Iowa: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Illinois: Not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed) or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed and killing is committed with wanton cruelty)
* Indiana: 6 months (if imprisonment is imposed), 1.5 years (if imprisonment is imposed), or 3 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed) or not more than 1 year in jail
* Kansas: Not less than 30 days and not more than 1 year imprisonment
* Kentucky: Not less than 1 year and not more than 5 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed)
* Louisiana: Not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed) with or without hard labor
* Maine: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Maryland: Not more than 3 years imprisonment
* Massachusetts: Not more than 7 years in state prison or not more than 2.5 years in the house of corrections (jail)
* Michigan: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Minnesota: Not more than 2 years imprisonment
* Mississippi: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Missouri: Not more than 4 years imprisonment or not more than 1 year in jail
* Montana: Not more than 1 year imprisonment
* Nebraska: Not more than 3 years imprisonment
* Nevada: Not less than 1 year and not more than 5 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed)
* New Hampshire: Not more than 7 years imprisonment
* New Jersey: Not less than the maximum penalty for a crime of the third degree: 5 years imprisonment
* New Mexico: Not more than 1.5 years imprisonment
* New York: Not more than 4 years imprisonment
* North Carolina: Not less than 4 months and not more than 8 months imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed, malicious killing, and little to no criminal history) or not more than 120 days in jail (intentional, but not malicious killing)
* North Dakota: Not more than 1 year in jail
* Ohio: 9, 12, 18, 24, 30, or 36 months imprisonment
* Oklahoma: Not more than 5 years imprisonment (if committed during a misdemeanor or felony) or not more than 1 year in jail (if not committed during a misdemeanor or felony)
* Oregon: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Pennsylvania: Not more than 10 years imprisonment
* Rhode Island: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* South Carolina: Not less than 1 year and not more than 5 years imprisonment
* South Dakota: Not more than 2 years imprisonment (if killing is malicious) or not more than 1 year in jail (if killing is intentional, but not malicious)
* Tennessee: Not less than .9 years and not more than 6 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed and animal’s value is under $500 or if imprisonment is imposed and animal’s value is more than $500 and less than $1000), not less than 1.8 years and not more than 12 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed and animal’s value is more than $1000 and less than $10,000), not less than 2.7 years and not more than 15 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed and animal’s value is more than $10,000 and less than $60,000), not less than 7.2 years and not more than 30 years imprisonment (if animal’s value is more than $60,000 and less than $250,000), not less than 13.5 years imprisonment and not more than 60 years imprisonment (if animal’s value is more than $250,000)
* Texas: Not less than 2 years and not more than 20 years imprisonment (if imprisonment is imposed)
* Utah: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* Vermont: Not more than 3 years imprisonment (if killing results in excessive or disproportionate pain or suffering) or not more than 1 year in jail (if killing does not result in excessive or disproportionate pain or suffering)
* Virginia: Not less than 1 year and not more than 10 years imprisonment or not more than 1 year in jail
* Washington: Not more than 5 years imprisonment
* West Virginia: Not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years imprisonment
* Wisconsin: Not more than 15 years imprisonment
* Wyoming: Not more than 10 years imprisonment <references />

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu