<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 40-1-2.3 - Neglect, abandonment, or mistreatment of animal--Exception--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 40-1-2.3 - Neglect, abandonment, or mistreatment of animal--Exception--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 40-1-2.3 - Neglect, abandonment, or mistreatment of animal--Exception--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/40-1-2.3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=40-1-2.3" rel="noopener"><span class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6SENU">40-1-2.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6SENU">. </span><span class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6CL">Neglect, abandonment, or mistreatment of animal--Exception--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6Statute"><span class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6DefaultParagraphFont">No person owning or responsible for the care of an animal may neglect, abandon, or mistreat the animal, except that any person may abandon a feral cat for which the person assumed responsibility with the sole purpose of spaying or neutering the cat. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sd4a2607c585f49569a1fbe0c54ba30a6SCL">SL 1991, ch 331, § 3; SL 2014, ch 194, § 3; SL 2024, ch 169, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>