Massachusetts § 80B Exhibiting dogs with ears cropped or cut off

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 80B — Exhibiting dogs with ears cropped or cut off

Massachusetts § 80B

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 272CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80B (2026).

Text

Section 80B. Whoever shows or exhibits or procures to be shown or exhibited at any dog show or exhibition in the commonwealth a dog with an ear or ears cropped or cut off, except when and as certified to be reasonably necessary by a veterinarian duly registered under the laws of the state of his residence, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars.

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