(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog, cat domestic animal, or other animal, when notified by the Village Chief of Police, 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 Village Chief of Police, or his authorized agent of the circumstance aforesaid, to deliver such dog, cat, domestic or other animal within 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 24 hours with the order from the Village Chief of Police, or his authorized agent to have such dog, cat, domestic or other animal examined, confined and observed as provided herein, the Village Chief of Police, 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 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) to the Village Chief of Police, 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 days. At the termination of the period of confinement, the veterinarian shall notify the Village Chief of Police 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 24 hours after notification by the Village Chief of Police and found to be free of any signs of rabies and the Village Chief of Police or the licensed veterinarian is presented evidence that such dog, cat, domestic or other animal has been inoculated against rabies for more than 30 days prior to the biting and less than one year, if a one-year immunity vaccine is used, or less than three years if a three-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-day period, unless in the judgment of the Village Chief of Police 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-day period, it shall be the duty of the owner to present the dog, cat, domestic or other animal to a licensed veterinarian for an examination. The licensed veterinarian shall then notify the Village Chief of Police, in writing, within 24 hours 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-day confinement period, or if the owner fails to deliver the dog, cat, domestic or other animal to a licensed veterinarian for reexamination within 24 hours of the completion of the ten-day confinement period, the owner is declared in violation of this section of this chapter and is subject to the penalties elsewhere in this chapter. In addition, the owner of an escaped dog, cat, domestic or other animal shall apprehend it and deliver it to a licensed veterinarian for confinement, at the owner's expense, for the remainder of the ten-day period.
(D) The owner of a dog, cat, domestic or other animal, four months of age or older, not currently inoculated against rabies, as provided elsewhere in this chapter, must have the dog, cat, domestic or other animal inoculated against rabies at the time of release from confinement.
Penalty, see § 91.99