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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)

18 Pa.C.S. § 5537: Selling or using disabled horse.

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  1. Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES
  3. ARTICLE F OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY
  4. CHAPTER 55 RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
  5. SUBCHAPTER B CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

A person commits a summary offense if the person offers for sale or sells a horse, which by reason of debility, disease or lameness, or for other cause, could not be worked or used without violating the laws against cruelty to animals, or leads, rides, drives or transports any such horse for any purpose, except that of conveying the horse to the nearest available appropriate facility for humane keeping or destruction or for medical or surgical treatment.

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