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IC 35-46-3-12.5 — Domestic violence animal cruelty

Chapter 3. Offenses Relating to Animals

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Sec. 12.5. A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) abuses; (2) abandons; (3) kills; or (4) neglects; a vertebrate animal with the intent to threaten, intimidate, coerce, harass, or terrorize a family or household member commits domestic violence animal cruelty, a Level 6 felony.

As added by P.L.171-2007, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.567; P.L.80-2026, SEC.12.

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