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(A) No person shall knowingly do either of the following:
(1) Engage in cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another;
(2) Use, train, or possess any animal for seizing, detaining, or maltreating a domestic animal.
(B) No person shall knowingly do either of the following:
(1) Be employed at cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another;
(2) Do any of the following regarding an event involving cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another:
(a) Wager money or anything else of value on the results of the event;
(b) Pay money or give anything else of value in exchange for admission to or being present at the event;
(c) Receive money or anything else of value in exchange for the admission of another person to the event or for another person to be present at the event;
(d) Use, possess, or permit or cause to be present at the event any device or substance intended to enhance an animal’s ability to fight or to inflict injury on another animal;
(e) Permit or cause a minor to be present at the event if any person present at or involved with the event is conducting any of the activities described in division (B)(1) or (B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (B)(2)(c), or (B)(2)(d) of this section.
(C) A person who knowingly witnesses cockfighting, bearbaiting, or an event in which one animal is pitted against another when a violation of division (B) of this section is occurring at the cockfighting, bearbaiting, or event is an aider and abettor and has committed a violation of this division.
(R.C. § 959.15) (Rev. 2022)
(D) (1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (B) or (C) of this section is guilty of a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 959.99(C), (I)) (Rev. 2018)
Statutory reference:
Dogfighting, felony provisions, see R.C. § 959.16
(A) No person shall own, harbor or keep in custody a dog which disturbs the peace by barking, yelping, howling or making other loud noises to the annoyance and/or discomfort of any person. Continuous barking, yelping, howling and/or making other loud noises for 15 consecutive minutes by such dog, whether confined inside a residence or building or to the outside area, shall be deemed to have disturbed the peace and to have caused the annoyance and discomfort of persons; provided, that at the time of the complaint, no person or persons were trespassing or threatening to trespass upon the private property of the owner, and provided that the dog was not being teased or provoked in any manner.
(B) Any person who shall allow any dog habitually to remain, be lodged or fed within any dwelling, building, yard or enclosure owned or occupied by such person shall be considered as harboring or keeping such dog.
(C) Upon an initial complaint, an enforcement officer shall warn the person in writing of the violation. Upon a second such complaint within 30 days, the enforcement officer shall charge the person with a violation of this section.
(D) Division (A) of this section does not apply to owners, operators or employees of licensed veterinary hospitals, licensed kennels, or licensed animal boarding establishments, nor does this section apply to blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired persons when the dog serves as an assistance dog.
(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Rev. 2007)
Cross-reference:
Nuisances generally, see Chapter 93
(A) No owner of a dog, except a dog constantly confined to a dog kennel registered under R.C. Chapter 955 or one licensed under R.C. Chapter 956, shall fail to require the dog to wear, at all times, a valid tag issued in connection with a certificate of registration. A dog found not wearing at any time a valid tag shall be prima-facie evidence of lack of registration and shall subject any dog found not wearing such a tag to impounding, sale, or destruction.
(R.C. § 955.10) (Rev. 2014)
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 955.99(B))
(A) As used in this section:
DANGEROUS DOG.
(a) A dog that, without provocation, and subject to division (b) of this definition, has done any of the following:
1. Caused injury, other than killing or serious injury, to any person;
2. Killed another dog;
3. Been the subject of a third or subsequent violation of R.C. § 955.22(C) or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(b) “Dangerous dog” does not include a police dog that has caused injury, other than killing or serious injury, to any person or has killed another dog while the police dog is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
MENACING FASHION. Means a dog that would cause any person being chased or approached to reasonably believe that the dog will cause physical injury to that person.
NUISANCE DOG.
(a) Subject to division (b) of this definition, “nuisance dog” means a dog that without provocation and while off the premises of its owner, keeper, or harborer has chased or approached a person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person.
(b) “Nuisance dog” does not include a police dog that, while being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of official duties, has chased or approached a person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person.
POLICE DOG. Means a dog that has been trained and may be used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
SERIOUS INJURY. Any of the following:
(a) Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death;
(b) Any physical harm that involves a permanent incapacity, whether partial or total, or a temporary, substantial incapacity;
(c) Any physical harm that involves a permanent disfigurement or a temporary, serious disfigurement;
(d) Any physical harm that involves acute pain of a duration that results in substantial suffering or any degree of prolonged or intractable pain.
VICIOUS DOG.
(a) A dog that, without provocation and subject to division (b) of this definition, has killed or caused serious injury to any person.
(b) “Vicious dog” does not include either of the following:
1. A police dog that has killed or caused serious injury to any person while the police dog is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties;
2. A dog that has killed or caused serious injury to any person while a person was committing or attempting to commit a trespass or other criminal offense on the property of the owner, keeper, or harborer of the dog.
WITHOUT PROVOCATION. A dog acts without provocation when it was not teased, tormented, or abused by a person, or it was not coming to the aid or the defense of a person who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity and who was not using the dog as a means of carrying out such activity.
(B) Upon the transfer of ownership of any dog, the seller of the dog shall give the buyer a transfer of ownership certificate that shall be signed by the seller. The certificate shall contain the registration number of the dog, the name of the seller, and a brief description of the dog. Blank forms of the certificate may be obtained from the County Auditor. A transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the Auditor upon presentation of a transfer of ownership certificate that is signed by the former owner of a dog and that is accompanied by a fee of $5.
(C) Prior to the transfer of ownership or possession of any dog, upon the buyer’s or other transferee’s request, the seller or other transferor of the dog shall give to the person a written notice relative to the behavior and propensities of the dog.
(D) Within ten days after the transfer of ownership or possession of any dog, if the seller or transferor of the dog has knowledge that the dog is a dangerous dog, the seller or other transferor shall give to the buyer or transferee, the Board of Health for the district in which the buyer or other transferee resides, and the dog warden of the county in which the buyer or other transferee resides a completed copy of a written form on which the seller shall furnish the following information:
(1) The name and address of the buyer or other transferee of the dog;
(2) The age, sex, color, breed and current registration number of the dog;
(3) In addition, the seller shall answer the following questions which shall be specifically stated on the form as follows:
Has the dog ever chased or attempted to attack or bite a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred.
Has the dog ever bitten a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred.
Has the dog ever seriously injured or killed a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred.
(4) The dog warden of the county in which the seller resides furnishes the form to the seller at no cost.
(E) No seller or other transferor of a dog shall fail to comply with the applicable requirements of divisions (B) to (D) of this section.
(R.C. § 955.11) (Rev. 2013)
(F) (1) Whoever violates division (E) of this section because failure to comply with division (B) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(2) Whoever violates division (E) of this section because of a failure to comply with division (C) or (D) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
(R.C. § 955.99(A)) (Rev. 2013)
(A) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog more than three months of age, nor owner of a dog kennel, shall fail to file an application for registration required by R.C. § 955.01, nor shall he or she fail to pay the legal fee therefor.
(R.C. § 955.21)
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 on a first offense, and on each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than $75 nor more than $250 and may be imprisoned for not more than 30 days.
(R.C. § 955.99(E))
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