Oregon Statutes - Chapter 167 - Offenses Against Public Health, Decency and Animals - Section 167.352 - Interfering with assistance, search and rescue or therapy animal.

(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal if the person intentionally or knowingly:

(a) Injures or attempts to injure an animal the person knows or reasonably should know is an assistance animal, a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal;

(b) Interferes with an assistance animal while the assistance animal is being used to provide assistance to a person with a physical impairment; or

(c) Interferes with a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal while the animal is being used for search and rescue or therapy purposes.

(2) As used in this section, �assistance animal� and � person with a physical impairment� have the meanings given those terms in ORS 346.680.

(3) As used in this section and ORS 30.822:

(a) �Search and rescue animal� means that the animal has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, search and rescue purposes.

(b) �Therapy animal� means that the animal has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, therapy purposes.

(4) Interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal is a Class A misdemeanor. [1993 c.312 §3; 2007 c.70 §37]

Note: 167.352 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 167 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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