2003 Minnesota Statutes

     609.227 Dangerous animals destroyed. 

    When a person has been charged with a violation of section 
 609.205, clause (4), or 609.226, subdivision 2 or 3, or a gross 
 misdemeanor violation of section 609.226, subdivision 1, the 
 court shall order that the animal which caused the death or 
 injury be seized by the appropriate local law enforcement 
 agency.  The animal shall be killed in a proper and humane 
 manner if the person has been convicted of the crime for which 
 the animal was seized.  The owner of the animal shall pay the 
 cost of confining and killing the animal.  This section shall 
 not preempt local ordinances with more restrictive provisions. 

    HIST: 1985 c 294 s 8; 1988 c 711 s 9