This matrix will allow you to quickly see whether or not your state has felony statutes in place for cruelty to animals. Click on the table header to re-sort the matrix.

There are 6 states without felony provisions for cruelty to animals: Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

This list was last updated on Apr 3, 2008.

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STATE	FELONY	YEAR	MAX. JAIL	MAX. FINE	COUNSEL- ING	BAN	PPO
Alabama		2000	10 years	$5,000
Alaska			1 years	$10,000
Arizona		1999	1 years	$150,000
Arkansas			1 years	$1,000
California		1988	3 years	$20,000
Colorado		2002	6 years	$500,000
Connecticut		1996	5 years	$5,000
Delaware		1994	3 years	$5,000
D.C.		2001	5 years	$25,000
Florida		1989	5 years	$10,000
Georgia		2000	5 years	$15,000
Hawaii		2007	5 years	$10,000
Idaho			1 years	$9,000
Illinois		1999	5 years	$50,000
Indiana		1998	3 years	$10,000
Iowa		2000	5 years	$75,000
Kansas		2006	1 years	$5,000
Kentucky		2003	5 years	$10,000
Louisiana		1995	10 years	$25,000
Maine		2001	5 years	$10,000
Maryland		2001	3 years	$5,000
Massachusetts		1804	5 years	$2,500
Michigan		1931	4 years	$5,000
Minnesota		2001	4 years	$10,000
Mississippi			6 months	$1,000
Missouri		1994	5 years	$5,000
Montana		1993	2 years	$2,500
Nebraska		2002	5 years	$10,000
Nevada		1999	5 years	$10,000
New Hampshire		1994	7 years	$4,000
New Jersey		2001	5 years	$15,000
New Mexico		1999	18 months	$5,000
New York		1999	2 years	$5,000
North Carolina		1998	6 months	$1,000
North Dakota			1 years	$2,000
Ohio		2002	1 years	$2,000
Oklahoma		1887	5 years	$5,000
Oregon		1995	5 years	$100,000
Pennsylvania		1995	7 years	$15,000
Rhode Island		1896	2 years	$1,000
South Carolina		2000	5 years	$5,000
South Dakota			1 years	$1,000
Tennessee		2001	9 months
Texas		1997	2 years	$10,000
Utah			1 years	$5,000
Vermont		1998	5 years	$7,500
Virginia		1999	5 years	$2,500
Washington		1994	5 years	$10,000
West Virgnia		2003	5 years	$5,000
Wisconsin		1986	5 years	$10,000
Wyoming		2003	2 years	$5,000

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