D.C. Code § 22-1310

Current through codified legislation effective June 1, 2024

Section 22-1310 - Urging dogs to fight or create disorder

It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to entice, induce, urge, or cause any dogs to engage in a fight in any street, alley, road, or highway, open space, or public square in the District of Columbia, or to urge, entice, or cause such dogs to continue or prolong such fight, under a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each and every offense; and any person or persons who shall induce or cause any animal of the dog kind to run after, bark at, frighten, or bite any person, horse, or horses, cows, cattle of any kind, or other animals lawfully passing along or standing in or on any street, avenue, road, or highway, or alley in the District of Columbia, shall forfeit and pay for such offense a sum not exceeding $1,000.

D.C. Code § 22-1310

July 29, 1892, 27 Stat. 324, ch. 320, §10; Oct. 18, 1988, D.C. Law 7-176, § 7, 35 DCR 4787; Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 104, 41 DCR 2608.

Conduct of prosecutions under this section, see § 22-1809 . .