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STATE	STATUTORY CITATION	FELONY/ MISDEMEANOR F = Felony M= Misdemeanor	PUNISHMENT FOR KEEPING FIGHTING DOG/INSTIGATING	MAXIMUM FINE FOR KEEPING/INSTIGATING (if listed in statute)	SPECTATOR PROVISION þ = Felony þ = Misd. or Less No box=legal	KEEP/OWN/POSSESS PROVISION þ = Felony þ = Misd. or Less
Alabama	§ 3-1-29	F	Class C felony		þ	þ
Alaska	§11.61.145	F	Class C felony		þ	þ
Arizona	§ 13-2910.01	F	Class 5 felony		þ	þ
Arkansas	§ 5-62-120	F	Class D felony		þ	þ
California	CA PENAL § 597.5	F	Felony with imprisonment of 16 months or 2-3 years	$50,000	þ    *2010 amend. removed word "misdemeanor" and replaced with "offense"	þ
Colorado	§ 18-9-204	F	Class 5 felony for 1st offense   Class 4 felony for 2nd or subsequent offenses	1st offense: up to $1,000 2nd or subsequent: up to $5,000	þ	þ
Connecticut	§ 53-247 (c)	F	5 years imprisonment	up to $5,000	þ	þ
Delaware	DE ST T11 § 1326	F	Class F felony		þ	þ
Florida	§ 828.122	F	Third degree felony		þ	þ
Georgia	§ 16-12-37	F	1st offense: felony with not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years imprisonment.   2nd or subsequent: 1- 10 years	1st offense: not less than $5,000   2nd or subsequent: not less than $15,000	þ	þ
Hawaii	§ 711-1109.3	F	Class C felony			þ
Idaho	§ 25-3507	F	1st offense: 6 months jail   2nd offense: 9 months jail   3rd or subsequent: 12 months jail	1st offense: not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 2nd offense: not less than $200 nor more than $7,000 3rd or subsequent: not less than $500 nor more than $9,000	þ	þ
Illinois	§ 720 ILCS 5/26-5	F	1st offense: Class 4 felony   2nd or subsequent: Class 3 felony	Up to $50,000	þ	þ
Indiana	§ 35-46-3-9	F	Class D felony		þ	þ
Iowa	§ 717D.2	F	Class D felony		þ	þ
Kansas	§ 21-4315	F	Level 10 non-person felony		þ	þ
Kentucky	§ 525.125	F	Class D felony		þ	þ
Louisiana	§ 14:102.5	F	Felony - not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years imprisonment	Not less than $1,000 to $25,000	þ	þ
Maine	ME ST Tit. 17 § 1033	F	Class C crime	Fine of not less than $500 in addition to other penalties imposed	þ	þ
Maryland	MD CRIM LAW § 10-607	F	Felony up to 3 years imprisonment	Up to $5,000	þ	þ
Massachusetts	MA ST 272 § 77, § 94, § 95	F	Up to 5 years imprisonment	Up to $2,500	þ	þ
Michigan	§ 750.49	F	Felony up to 4 years imprisonment	Not less than $5,000 to $50,000	þ	þ
Minnesota	§ 343.31	F	Felony		þ	þ
Mississippi	§ 97-41-19	F	Felony of not less than 1 - 3 years imprisonment	Not less than 1,000 to $5,000	þ	þ
Missouri	§ 578.025	F	Class D felony		þ	þ
Montana	§ 45-8-210	F	Felony of not less than 1 year to 5 years	Up to $5,000		þ
Nebraska	§ 28-1005	F	Class IV felony		þ	þ
Nevada	§ 574.070	F	Class D felony		þ	þ
New Hampshire	§ 644:8-a	F	Class B felony		þ	þ
New Jersey	§ 4:22-24	F	3rd degree felony		þ	þ
New Mexico	§ 30-18-9	F	4th degree felony		þ	þ
New York	NY AGRI & MKTS § 351	F	Felony up to 4 years	Up to $25,000	þ	þ
North Carolina	§ 14-362.2	F	Class H felony		þ	þ
North Dakota	36-21.1-07	F	Class C felony		þ	þ
Ohio	§ 959.16	F	Felony of 4th degree		þ	þ
Oklahoma	§ 1693- §1699.2	F	Felony punishable by imprisonment not less than 1 year up to 10 years	Not less than $2,000 up to $25,000	þ	þ
Oregon	§ 167.365	F	Class C felony		þ	þ
Pennsylvania	PA ST 18 PaC.S.A. § 5511	F	Felony of the 3rd degree		þ	þ
Rhode Island	§ 4-1-9,10,11	F	Felony with up to 2 years imprisonment for 1st and subsequent offenses.	1st offense: not exceeding $1,000   2nd or subsequent: not less than $1,000 to $5,000	þ	þ
South Carolina	§ 16-27-30	F	Felony with up to 5 years imprisonment	Up to $5,000	þ	þ
South Dakota	§ 40-1-10.1	F	Class 6 felony		þ	þ
Tennessee	39-14-203	F	Class E felony		þ	þ
Texas	TX PENAL § 42.10	F	State jail felony		þ	þ
Utah	§ 76-9-301.1	F	3rd degree felony	Up to $25,000	þ	þ
Vermont	§ 352, § 364	F	Felony up to 5 years	Up to $5,000	þ	þ
Virginia	§ 3.1-796.124	F	Class 6 felony		þ	þ
Washington	§ 16.52.117	F	Class C felony		þ	þ
West Virginia	§ 61-8-19a	F	Felony with imprisonment of not less than 1 year to 5 years	Not less than $1,000 to $5,000	þ	þ
Wisconsin	§ 951.08	F	Class I for 1st offense   Class H for 2nd or subsequent offense		þ	þ
Wyoming	§ 6-3-203	F	Felony with up to 2 years imprisonment	Not more than $5,000	þ	þ