Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 195.11 — Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 195.11
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 195.11 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 195.11 — Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 195.11 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in
the second degree.
A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree when such person intentionally causes physical injury to such animal while it is in the performance of aiding a person with a disability, and thereby renders such animal incapable of providing such aid to such person, or to another person with a disability.
For purposes of this section and section 195.12 of this article, the term "disability" means "disability" as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.