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(a) A police officer or animal warden may impound every dog or other animal found in violation of § 618.01. If the impounded dog is not wearing a valid registration tag, the dog shall forthwith be turned over to an officer charged by law with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If the dog is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall immediately be given to such owner or harborer that the dog has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by ordinary mail to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The dog shall not be released except upon the payment of reasonable expenses for its taking and keeping. Any dog not redeemed within three days of the time it is seized or impounded may be sold or otherwise disposed of as provided by Ohio R.C. 955.16.
(b) A record of all dogs impounded, the disposition of the same, the owner’s name and address, if known, and a statement of any costs or receipts involving such dog shall be kept.
(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)
(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))
Statutory reference:
Dogfighting, felony provisions, see R.C. § 959.16
(a) When a person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired, a person with a mobility impairment, or a trainer of an assistance dog is accompanied by an assistance dog, the person or trainer, as applicable, is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels, and lodging places, all places of public accommodation, amusement, or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, and may take the dog into such conveyances and places, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not so accompanied, except that:
(1) The dog shall not occupy a seat in any public conveyance; and
(2) The dog shall be leashed while using the facilities of a common carrier.
(3) Any dog in training to become an assistance dog shall be covered by a liability insurance policy provided by the nonprofit special agency engaged in such work protecting members of the public against personal injury or property damage caused by the dog.
(b) No person shall deprive a person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired, a person who has a mobility impairment, or a trainer of an assistance dog when the person or trainer, as applicable, is accompanied by an assistance dog of any of the advantages, facilities, or privileges provided in division (A) of this section, and no person shall charge the person or trainer a fee or charge for the dog.
(R.C. § 955.43(A), (B))
(c) As used in this section:
(1) ASSISTANCE DOG. Means a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog that has been trained by a nonprofit special agency.
(2) BLIND. Means either of the following:
A. Vision 20/200 or less in the better eye with proper correction;
B. Field defect in the better eye with proper correction that contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
(3) GUIDE DOG. Means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a blind person.
(4) HEARING DOG. Means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person.
(5) INSTITUTIONS OF EDUCATION. Means:
A. Any state university or college as defined in R.C. § 3345.32;
B. Any private college or university that holds a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio Board of Regents pursuant to R.C. Chapter 1713;
C. Any elementary or secondary school operated by a board of education;
D. Any chartered or nonchartered nonpublic elementary or secondary school; or
E. Any school issued a certificate of registration by the state Board of Career Colleges and Schools.
(7) PERSON WITH A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT. Any person, regardless of age, who is subject to a physiological impairment regardless of its cause, nature, or extent that renders the person unable to move about without the aid of crutches, a wheelchair, or any other form of support, or that limits the person's functional ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit, rise, or perform any related function. The phrase includes a person with a neurological or psychological disability that limits the person's functional ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit, rise, or perform any related function. The phrase also includes a person with a seizure disorder and a person who is diagnosed with autism.
(8) SERVICE DOG. Means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a person with a mobility impairment.
(R.C. §§ 955.011(B), 955.43(C))
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 955.99(D))
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