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Every person who steals or takes or carries away any animal of another for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use, or who knowingly, by any false representation or pretense, defrauds another person of any animal for purposes of sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the .
History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 151, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.
Simplified explanation
Stealing another's animal, or getting it by fraud, for sale, medical research, slaughter, or other commercial use is punishable by up to one year in county jail or by state prison.