{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "195.11", "citation": "Penal Law § 195.11", "heading": "Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree", "text": ["§ 195.11 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in", "the second degree.", "A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree when such person intentionally causes physical injury to such animal while it is in the performance of aiding a person with a disability, and thereby renders such animal incapable of providing such aid to such person, or to another person with a disability.", "For purposes of this section and section 195.12 of this article, the term \"disability\" means \"disability\" as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.", "Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/195.11", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A person commits second-degree harm to a trained aid animal by **intentionally injuring the animal while it is aiding a person with a disability**, thereby making it unable to aid that or another person with a disability. ★ “Disability” has the meaning in **Executive Law § 292(21)**. The offense is a **class B misdemeanor**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/195.11", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}