750.49 Animal; animal control agency; definition; fighting, baiting, or shooting; prohibited conduct; violation as felony; costs; dog trained or used for fighting or offspring of dog trained or used for fighting; prohibited conduct; exceptions; confiscation of dog; award of dog to animal control agency; notice required; holding period; security deposit or bond; euthanasia; expenses; forfeiture […]
750.50 Definitions; charge or custody of animal; breeder or owner of a pet shop; prohibited conduct; forfeiture of animal; violation as misdemeanor or felony; penalty; psychiatric or psychological counseling; other violation of law arising out of same transaction; consecutive terms; order to pay costs; order prohibiting owning or possessing animal for certain period of time; […]
750.50a Service animal; prohibited conduct by individual; violation as misdemeanor; rebuttable presumption that conduct initiated or continued maliciously; conviction or sentence under other applicable law; definitions. Sec. 50a. (1) An individual shall not do either of the following: (a) Willfully and maliciously assault, beat, harass, injure, or attempt to assault, beat, harass, or injure a […]
750.50b Animal and companion animal defined; prohibited acts; violation; penalty; consecutive terms; exceptions. Sec. 50b. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Animal” means a vertebrate other than a human being. (b) “Companion animal” means an animal that is commonly considered to be, or is considered by its owner to be, a pet, or that […]
750.50c Police dog or police horse; definitions; violation as felony or misdemeanor; penalty; other violations. Sec. 50c. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Dog handler” means a peace officer who has successfully completed training in the handling of a police dog pursuant to a policy of the law enforcement agency that employs that peace […]
750.51 Animals; confining on railroad cars. Sec. 51. Confining animals on railroad cars—No railroad company, in the carrying or transportation of animals, shall permit the same to be confined in cars for a longer period than 36 consecutive hours without unloading the same for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least 5 […]
750.52 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to duty of police and public offices to arrest and prosecute persons in violation of certain sections of chapter.
750.53 Arrest of persons; seizure of animals. Sec. 53. Arrest of persons and seizure of animals—Persons found violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter may be arrested and held without warrant, in like manner as in the case of persons found breaking the peace, and it shall be the duty […]
750.54 Search warrants. Sec. 54. Search warrant—When complaint is made, on oath or affirmation, to any magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases, that the complainant believes that any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter are being, or are about to be violated in any particular building or place, such […]
750.55 Incorporated society; representative deputy sheriff. Sec. 55. Any society incorporated in this state for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals may designate 1 or more persons in each county of the state to discover and prosecute all cases of the violation of the provisions of this chapter; and the sheriff of such county […]
750.56 Definitions. Sec. 56. Definitions—In the preceding sections of this chapter the word “animal” or “animals” shall be held to include all brute creatures, and the words “owner”, “person”, and “whoever” shall be held to include corporations as well as individuals, and the knowledge and acts of agents of and persons employed by corporations in […]
750.57 Burial of dead animals. Sec. 57. A person who places a dead animal or part of the carcass of a dead animal into a lake, river, creek, pond, road, street, alley, lane, lot, field, meadow, or common, or in any place within 1 mile of the residence of a person, except the same and […]
750.58 Horses; unhitching and driving away. Sec. 58. Unhitching and driving away horses without authority—Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously or wantonly, and without authority unhitch any horse or team belonging to another, and lawfully hitched or standing in any street, alley or other place, or who in like manner shall ride or drive […]
750.59 Repealed. 2018, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to the disposition of animals unfit for work.
750.60 Horses’ tails; docking. Sec. 60. (1) A person who cuts the bone of the tail of a horse for the purpose of docking the tail, or who causes or knowingly permits the cutting to be done upon the premises of which he or she is the owner, lessee, proprietor, or user, or who assists […]
750.61 Docked horses; registration, bringing into state. Sec. 61. Importation, etc., of unregistered docked horses—It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to import or bring into this state any docked horse or horses, or to drive, work, use, race or deal in any docked horse or horses within this state, unless the same […]
750.62 Docked horses; registration. Sec. 62. Registration of docked horses—Within 90 days after this act shall take effect, every owner or user of any docked horse within this state shall register such docked horse or horses by filing in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such docked horse or horses […]
750.63 Docked horses; unlawful docking, evidence. Sec. 63. Prima facie evidence of unlawful docking—The driving, working, keeping, racing or using of any unregistered docked horse or horses subsequent to 90 days after this act shall take effect shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the fact that the party driving, working, keeping, racing or using […]
750.64 Docked horses; failure to register. Sec. 64. A person who violates a provision of this chapter by failing to register a docked horse as herein provided is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $750.00. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. […]
750.65 Bull; at large on highway or unenclosed land. Sec. 65. Any person being the owner of a bull 6 months or more of age or having the same in charge, who shall permit said bull to run at large upon any highway or unenclosed lands shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction […]
