Animal Abandonment

(a) A person commits the offense of Animal Abandonment if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly leaves a domestic animal at a location without providing for the animal’s minimum care as defined in § 70.10.1(g) of this Article. (b) Animal Abandonment is a violation that shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500). (c) Each act in violation of Subsection (a) of this Section shall constitute a separate offense. SOURCE: Added as § 70.10.8 by P.L. 35-144:2 (Jan. 22, 2021), renumbered to § 70.50 by the Compiler pursuant to 1 GCA § 1606. 2021 NOTE: Past publications of the GCA included § 70.10.2 entitled “Animal Abandonment” which had been added by P.L. 31- 005:6 (Mar. 9, 2011) and was apparently implicitly repealed by P.L. 35-144 (Jan. 22, 2021). This provision was formerly entitled “Other Remedies” under Article 2; it was renumbered to § 70.260 by the Compiler as part of the reorganization of Chapter 70.