(A) No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal shall abandon the animal.
(ORC 959.01)
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.
(ORC 959.99(E)(2)) (‘82 Code, § 618.02) Penalty, see § 698.02