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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-614" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Crimes Relating to Animals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “chick” means a chicken, duckling, or other fowl under the age of 3 weeks.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not prohibit the sale or display of a chick in proper facilities by a breeder or store engaged in the business of selling chicks for commercial breeding and raising.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away a chick as a pet, toy, premium, or novelty; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>color, dye, stain, or otherwise change the natural color of a chick.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.</text>
  </level>
</section>
