La. R.S. § 3:2392
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Tit. 3, § 2392. Municipalities to provide punishment for cruelty to animals
Official statutory text
Municipal corporations shall provide by ordinance for the punishment of cruelty to animals, when committed in any street, park, levee, or other public place in the limits of the corporation, by fine or imprisonment, or both, as a police offense.
Status: in_force
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