39-17-101 - Handling snakes so as to endanger life prohibited.

39-17-101. Handling snakes so as to endanger life prohibited.

(a)  It is an offense for a person to display, exhibit, handle, or use a poisonous or dangerous snake or reptile in a manner that endangers the life or health of any person.

(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]