<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-5. - Abandonment.</div>
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               Any person being the owner or possessor, or having charge or custody of an animal,
               who willfully and without justifiable excuse abandons the animal is guilty of a Class
               2 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.00 and imprisonment for up to 60
               days.
               
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               (Ord. of 8-17-92, art. I, Â§ 8; Ord. of 3-19-96, art. I, Â§ 8)
               
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Similar provisions, G.S. 14-361.1.
               
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