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Statutes > Maine > Title7 > Title7ch727sec0 > Title7sec3951Title 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part 9: ANIMAL WELFARE HEADING: PL 1987, C. 383, §3 (NEW)
Chapter 727: DANGEROUS DOGS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 383, §3 (NEW)
§3951. Killing for assault permitted
Any person may lawfully kill a dog if necessary to protect that person, another person or a domesticated animal during the course of a sudden, unprovoked assault. [1997, c. 690, §34 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW). 1997, c. 690, §34 (AMD).
