Connecticut § 53-248 - Sale or treatment of animals unable to work.
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§ 53-248. Sale or treatment of animals unable to work.
Sec. 53-248. Sale or treatment of animals unable to work. Any person who sells, offers for sale, trades or gives away any horse for the purpose of being worked, which could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of section 53-247, or any person who leads, rides or drives an animal on any public highway for any purpose except that of conveying the animal to a suitable place for its humane keeping or killing or for medical or surgical treatment, which animal could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of said section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8572.)
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 53-248 ("Sale or treatment of animals unable to work.") is part of the Connecticut General Statutes, the codified statutory law of Connecticut. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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