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Violations and penalty - 3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2317

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     § 2317.  Violations and penalty.
        (a)  Unauthorized brands.--It shall be unlawful for a person
     to use any brand for the branding of domestic animals unless the
     brand has been recorded pursuant to this subchapter or unless
     the use of a brand or the branding procedure is authorized under
     any other provision of this chapter.
        (b)  Affixing forms of identification by nonowners.--It shall
     be unlawful for a person to affix, attempt to affix or cause to
     be affixed a form of identification upon the domestic animal of
     another without the owner's consent.
        (c)  Tampering.--It shall be unlawful for a person to efface,
     deface or obliterate or attempt to efface, deface or obliterate
     any brand, tattoo or other form of identification upon any
     domestic animal belonging to another person. It shall be
     unlawful for a person to efface, deface, obliterate, conceal,
     remove or attempt to remove any official domestic animal
     identification of the department, the United States Department
     of Agriculture or any other state department of agriculture.
        (d)  Form of identification of another.--It shall be unlawful
     for a person to affix, attempt to affix or cause to be affixed
     upon any domestic animal the form of identification of another.
        (e)  Other false identification.--It shall be unlawful for
     any person to place, attach or use on a domestic animal, or to
     cause to be placed, attached or used on a domestic animal, or to
     attempt to place, attach or use on a domestic animal, any form
     of identification such as a brand, tattoo, tag, emblem, marking,
     microchip or other identifying mark, number or device that such
     person knows misrepresents the identity or health of the
     domestic animal, with intent to interfere or deceive in the
     identification, testing, vaccinating, selling, transfer or
     slaughter of the domestic animal.
        (f)  Penalty.--Any person who is convicted of violating any
     provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of
     the second degree and may be imprisoned for not more than two
     years and be fined not more than $5,000.

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