VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
* § 601. Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting
Any person operating a motor vehicle which shall strike and
injure any horse, dog, cat or animal classified as cattle shall stop
and endeavor to locate the owner or custodian of such animal or a
police, peace or judicial officer of the vicinity, and take any other
reasonable and appropriate action so that the animal may have necessary
attention, and shall also promptly report the matter to such owner,
custodian or officer (or if no one of such has been located, then to a
police officer of some other nearby community), exhibiting his or her
license and insurance identification card for such vehicle, when such
card is required pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter,
giving his or her name and residence, including street and street
number, insurance carrier and insurance identification information and
license number. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense, and by a fine
of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars
for the second offense and each subsequent offense.
* NB Effective until November 1, 2005
* § 601. Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting
Any person operating a motor vehicle which shall strike and injure any horse, dog, cat or animal classified as cattle shall stop and endeavor to locate the owner or custodian of such animal or a police, peace or judicial officer of the vicinity, and take any other reasonable and appropriate action so that the animal may have necessary attention, and shall also promptly report the matter to such owner, custodian or officer (or if no one of such has been located, then to a police officer of some other nearby community), exhibiting his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle, when such card is required pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter, giving his or her name and residence, including street and street number, insurance carrier and insurance identification information and license number. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense and by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred fifty dollars for a second offense and each subsequent offense; provided, however where the animal that has been struck and injured is a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, as such terms are defined in section forty-seven-b of the civil rights law which is actually engaged in aiding or guiding a person with a disability, a violation of this section shall be publishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and by a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for a second offense and each subsequent offense; provided, however where the animal that has been struck and injured is a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, as such terms are defined in section forty-seven-b of the civil rights law which is actually engaged in aiding or guiding a person with a disability, a violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and by a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for a second offense and each subsequent offense.
* NB Effective November 1, 2005