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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

THE REDEMPTION IS MADE THAT SAME DAY.

SECTION F - CONFINEMENT OF FIERCE,

DANGEROUS OR VICIOUS DOGS

A.     EVERY FIERCE, DANGEROUS, OR VICIOUS DOG,
INCLUDING A DOG THAT HAS A HISTORY OF BITING A HUMAN,
SHALL BE CONFINED BY THE OWNER WITHIN A BUILDING OR
SECURE ENCLOSURE. SUCH ANIMAL SHALL NOT BE TAKEN OUT
OF SUCH BUILDING OR SECURE ENCLOSURE UNLESS SECURELY
MUZZLED.

B.     EVERY FEMALE DOG WHILE IN HEAT SHALL BE
KEPT CONFINED IN A BUILDING OR SECURE ENCLOSURE BY THE
OWNER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT SHE WILL NOT BE IN CONTACT
(EXCEPT FOR INTENTIONAL BREEDING PURPOSES) WITH
ANOTHER DOG AND NOT CREATE A NUISANCE BY ATTRACTING
OTHER DOGS.

C.    A DOG WHICH DISTURBS THE PEACE AND QUIET OF
ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN AN INHABITED AREA BY EXCESSIVE
BARKING, WHINNING OR HOWLING, OR MOLESTING PASSERSBY,
CHASING VEHICLES, ATTACKING OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS,
DEPOSITING EXCRETORY MATTER ON PROPERTY OTHER THAN
THAT OF THE OWNER SHALL BE DEEMED A NUISANCE.

D.    UPON THE WRITTEN COMPLAINT OF ANY PERSON TO
THE DOG WARDEN THAT A DOG IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, THE
DOG WARDEN, WHO SHALL BE DEPUTIZED AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF
BY THE SHERIFF OF KENT COUNTY, SHALL ISSUE A SUMMONS
TO THE OWNER OR KEEPER OF SUCH DOG TO APPEAR BEFORE
THE DISTRICT COURT OF KENT COUNTY. UPON PROOF THAT
THE DOG DISTURBS THE PEACE AND QUIET OF ANY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN AN INHABITED AREA, THE DISTRICT COURT
SHALL ORDER THE OWNER OR KEEPER TO DELIVER UP THE
OFFENDING DOG TO THE DOG CONTROL WARDEN TO BE
DESTROYED IN THE MOST HUMANE MANNER POSSIBLE, UNLESS
HE REMOVES THE DOG PERMANENTLY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THE OWNER OR KEEPER FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
DISTRICT COURT'S ORDER, THEN IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF
THE SHERIFF OR HIS DEPUTIES OR THE DOG CONTROL WARDEN
TO SEIZE THE DOG WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND AND CAUSE IT
TO BE DESTROYED.

NOT WITHSTANDING THE AFOREGOING PROVISIONS,
THE BARKING OF HUNTING DOGS IN PURSUIT OF GAME SHALL
NOT BE CONSIDERED A DISTURBANCE OF THE PUBLIC PEACE
FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF.

SECTION G - EXEMPTIONS