Docking tails of horses

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West's Annotated California Codes Currentness. Penal Code. Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments. Title 14. Malicious Mischief. � 597n. Docked horses; prohibition of docking; importation or use of unregistered animals

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Citation: CA PENAL � 597n

Citation: West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code � 597n

Summary: This statute prohibits anyone from cutting the solid part of a horse's tail in the operation known as "docking," or in any other operation performed for the purpose of shortening the tail of a horse. It also makes it a crime to import or bring a docked horse into the state of California, or drive, work, use, race, or deal in any unregistered docked horse.

Statute in Full:

Any person who cuts the solid part of the tail of any horse in the operation known as "docking," or in any other operation performed for the purpose of shortening the tail of any horse, within the State of California, or procures the same to be done, or imports or brings into this state any docked horse, or horses, or drives, works, uses, races, or deals in any unregistered docked horse, or horses, within the State of California except as provided in Section 597r, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

CREDIT(S)

(Formerly § 597a, added by Stats.1907, c. 220, p. 269, § 1. Renumbered § 597n and amended by Stats.1963, c. 372, p. 1162, § 10. Amended by Stats.1987, c. 828, § 37.)

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