A. It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog, cat, domestic animal or other animal, when notified by the animal warden or his authorized agent that such dog, cat, domestic animal or other animal has bitten any person, to sell or give away such dog, cat, domestic animal or other animal or allow such dog, cat, domestic or other animal to be taken beyond the limits of the village, except for confinement with a licensed veterinarian. It shall be the duty of such owner or keeper, upon receiving notice from the animal warden or his authorized agent of the circumstance aforesaid, to deliver such dog, cat, domestic or other animal within twenty four (24) hours to a licensed veterinarian for examination, confinement and observation, at the expense of the owner. Where there is a failure to comply within twenty four (24) hours with the order from the animal warden or his authorized agent to have such dog, cat, domestic or other animal examined, confined and observed as provided herein, the animal warden or his authorized agent, upon a showing of reasonable evidence that such dog, cat, domestic or other animal has bitten a person, may seek a court order to have such dog, cat, domestic or other animal confined and observed. Within twenty four (24) hours after the dog, cat, domestic or other animal is examined and confined, the veterinarian shall report (as required by section 12 of the Illinois rabies control act 1 ) to the animal warden, the owner's name, address and the date of confinement, the breed, description, age and sex of the dog, cat, domestic or other animal. Such dog, cat, domestic or other animal shall be confined for a period of ten (10) days. At the termination of the period of confinement, the veterinarian shall notify the animal warden in writing of the final disposition of the animal.
B. If, however, the dog, cat, domestic or other animal is examined by a licensed veterinarian within twenty four (24) hours after notification by the animal warden and found to be free of signs of rabies, and the animal warden or the licensed veterinarian is presented evidence that such dog, cat, domestic or other animal has been inoculated against rabies more than thirty (30) days prior to the biting and less than one year, if a one year immunity vaccine is used, or less than three (3) years if a three (3) year vaccine is used, such dog, cat, domestic or other animal shall be confined in the house of its owner or in a manner that will prohibit such dog, cat, domestic or other animal from escaping and from biting any person or animal for the ten (10) day period, unless in the judgment of the animal warden or the licensed veterinarian, circumstances are such that the dog, cat, domestic or other animal should be confined elsewhere. At the end of the ten (10) day period, it shall be the duty of the owner to present the dog, cat, domestic or other animal to a licensed veterinarian for examination. The licensed veterinarian shall then notify the animal warden, in writing, within twenty four (24) hours of the results of the examination.
C. If the dog, cat, domestic or other animal escapes from the house of its owner, or from such other place of confinement provided by its owner, during the ten (10) day confinement period, or if the owner fails to deliver the dog, cat, domestic or other animal to a licensed veterinarian for reexamination within twenty four (24) hours of the completion of the ten (10) day confinement period, the owner is declared to be in violation of this section and is subject to the penalties provided in this chapter. In addition, the owner of an escaped dog, cat, domestic or other animal shall immediately apprehend it and deliver it to a licensed veterinarian for confinement, at the owner's expense, for the remainder of the ten (10) day period.
D. The owner of a dog, cat, domestic or other animal, four (4) months of age or older, not currently inoculated against rabies, as provided elsewhere in this chapter, must have the dog inoculated against rabies at the time of release from confinement. (1976 Code § 91.011)
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| 1 | 1. 510 ILCS 5/8 et seq. |