Killing or injury of service animal - Penalty
N.D. Cent. Code § 25-13-06
in effect25-13-06. Killing or injury of service animal - Penalty
1. A person is guilty of a class C felony and is subject to a civil penalty of up to ten
thousand dollars if that person willfully and unjustifiably kills, shoots, tortures,
torments, beats, kicks, strikes, mutilates, disables, or otherwise injures a service
animal.
2. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of up to
five thousand dollars if that person willfully:
a. Harasses, taunts, or provokes a service animal; or
b. Interferes with a service animal while the animal is working.
3. This section does not apply to a veterinarian who terminates the life of a service
animal to relieve the animal of undue suffering and pain.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t25c13.pdf#nameddest=25-13-06Fetched: 10/16/2026