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505.12 COLORING RABBITS AND BABY POULTRY; SALE OR DISPLAY OF POULTRY.
   (a)   No person shall dye or otherwise color any rabbit or baby poultry, including, but not limited to, chicks and ducklings. No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, raffle or give away any rabbit or baby poultry which has been dyed or otherwise colored. No poultry younger than four weeks of age may be sold, given away or otherwise distributed to any person in lots of less than three. Stores, shops, vendors and others offering young poultry for sale or other distribution shall provide and operate brooders or other heating devices that may be necessary to maintain poultry in good health, and shall keep adequate food and water available to the poultry at all times.
(ORC 925.62)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; each subsequent offense is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 925.99(B))
505.13 BURYING DEAD ANIMALS.
   (a)   No person shall fail to bury any dead domestic animal of which he is the owner or which he may have in his custody or control, sufficiently to prevent any noxious or offensive smell arising from the decay or decomposition of such dead animal, and such person shall be liable to pay anyone who buries such dead animal a reasonable compensation therefor.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
505.14 BARKING OR HOWLING DOGS.
   (a)   No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Municipality which, by frequent and habitual barking, howling or yelping, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace, quiet and good order of the Municipality. Any person who shall allow any dog habitually to remain, be lodged or fed within any dwelling, building, yard or enclosure, which he occupies or owns, shall be considered as harboring such dog.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
505.15 RESTRICTIONS ON DOG OWNERSHIP FOR CERTAIN CONVICTED FELONS.
   (a)   No person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony offense of violence committed on or after May 22, 2012 or a felony violation of any provision of Ohio R.C. Chapter 959, Ohio R.C. Chapter 2923 or Ohio R.C. Chapter 2925 committed on or after May 22, 2012 shall knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a residence with either of the following for a period of three years commencing either upon the date of release of the person from any period of incarceration imposed for the offense or violation or, if the person is not incarcerated for the offense or violation, upon the date of the person’s final release from the other sanctions imposed for the offense or violation:
      (1)   An unspayed or unneutered dog older than 12 weeks of age;
      (2)   Any dog that has been determined to be a dangerous dog under Ohio R.C. Chapter 955 or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
   (b)   A person described in division (a) of this section shall microchip for permanent identification any dog owned, possessed by, or in the custody of the person.
   (c)   (1)   Division (a) of this section does not apply to any person who is confined in a correctional institution of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
      (2)   Division (a) of this section does not apply to any person with respect to any dog that the person owned, possessed, had custody of, or resided in a residence with prior to May 22, 2012.
(ORC 955.54)
   (d)   Whoever violates division (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 955.99(O))
505.16 SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH AN ANIMAL.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Animal”. Means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive.
      (2)   “Offense.” Means a violation of this section or an attempt, in violation of R.C. § 2923.02, to violate this section.
      (3)   “Officer.” Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 959.132.
      (4)   “Sexual conduct.” Means either of the following committed for the purpose of sexual gratification:
         A.   Any act done between a person and animal that involves contact of the penis of one and the vulva of the other, the penis of one and the penis of the other, the penis of one and the anus of the other, the mouth of one and the penis of the other, the mouth of one and the anus of the other, the vulva of one and the vulva of the other, the mouth of one and the vulva of the other, any other contact between a reproductive organ of one and a reproductive organ of the other, or any other insertion of a reproductive organ of one into an orifice of the other;
         B.   Without a bona fide veterinary or animal husbandry purpose to do so, the insertion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or any instrument, apparatus, or other object into the vaginal, anal, or reproductive opening of an animal.
   (b)   No person shall knowingly engage in sexual conduct with an animal or knowingly possess, sell, or purchase an animal with the intent that it be subjected to sexual conduct.
   (c)   No person shall knowingly organize, promote, aid, or abet in the conduct of an act involving any sexual conduct with an animal.
(R.C. § 959.21)
   (d)   (1)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. In addition, the court may order the offender to forfeit the animal or livestock and may provide for its disposition including but not limited to the sale of the animal or livestock. If an animal or livestock is forfeited and sold pursuant to this division, the proceeds from the sale first shall be applied to pay the expenses incurred with regard to the care of the animal from the time it was taken from the custody of the former owner. The balance of the proceeds from the sale, if any, shall be paid to the former owner of the animal.
(ORC 959.99(D))
      (2)   If a court has reason to believe that a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section suffers from a mental or emotional disorder that contributed to the violation, the court may impose as a community control sanction or as a condition of probation a requirement that the offender undergo psychological evaluation or counseling. The court shall order the offender to pay the costs of the evaluation or counseling.
(ORC 959.99(E)(7))
505.99 PENALTY.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor classification.)