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Section 22-327. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Animal” means any brute...
Section 22-328. - Enforcement. Animal control officers. Expenses. Training of animal control officers. Reimbursement. Training program curriculum. Issuance of certificate. Continuing education requirement. - (a) The commissioner is authorized to enforce the provisions of...
Section 22-329. - Prevention of cruelty to dogs and other animals. - Any animal control officer or regional animal control officer appointed...
Section 22-329a. - Seizure and custody of neglected or cruelly treated animals. Vesting of ownership of animal. Animal abuse cost recovery account. - (a) Any animal control officer or regional animal control officer...
Section 22-329b. - Reporting of neglected or cruelly treated animals. - (a) Any animal control officer appointed pursuant to section 22-328,...
Section 22-330. - Authority of officers issuing summons. - The commissioner, the Chief Animal Control Officer and any animal...
Section 22-331. - Municipal animal control officers. Assistants. - (a) In each municipality of the state having a population...
Section 22-331a. - Regional animal control officers. Pounds. - Any two or more towns each of which has a...
Section 22-332. - Impoundment and disposition of roaming, injured or mistreated animals. Authority to spay or neuter unclaimed dog. Liability for provision of veterinary care to injured, sick or diseased impounded animal. - (a) Any animal control officer or regional animal control officer...
Section 22-332a. - Use of dogs for medical research restricted. - (a) No person shall procure or use any living dog...
Section 22-332b. - License for use of dogs. - (a) Any hospital, educational institution or laboratory desiring to obtain...
Section 22-332c. - Penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of section 22-332, 22-332a...
Section 22-332d. - Impoundment and disposition of certain cats. Authority to spay or neuter unclaimed cat. - (a) Any animal control officer for a municipality which has...
Section 22-332e. - Regional or municipal dog pound contract with animal rescue organization for veterinary treatment of injured, sick or diseased animal. Contract requirements. Department of Agriculture complaint. Maintenance of list of animal rescue... - (a) Any regional or municipal dog pound facility may enter...
Section 22-333. - Redemption of impounded dog, cat or other animal. - Any dog, cat or other animal captured or impounded under...
Section 22-334. - Municipal animal control officer's fees. - On or before the tenth day of each month, each...
Section 22-335. - Removal of municipal animal control officer. Complaint against municipal animal control officer. - Any municipal animal control officer may be removed by the...
Section 22-336. - Towns to provide pounds or other suitable facilities. Regulations. Enforcement. - Each city or town, other than towns participating in a...
Section 22-337. - Notice of licensing requirements. - The selectmen of each town shall, annually, at least thirty...
Section 22-338. - Licensing of dogs. Fees. Rabies certificate. Exemptions. - (a) Each owner or keeper of a dog of the...
Section 22-339. - Licensing of dogs which are six months of age or older by new owners. Fees. - Any person upon becoming the owner or keeper of any...
Section 22-339a. - Town clerks may deputize agents for the issuance of licenses. Licensing of dogs acquired from dog pounds. Fees. Rabies certificate. - (a) The town clerk of any town may deputize employees...
Section 22-339b. - Rabies vaccination required for dogs and cats. Exemption from rabies vaccination. Rabies vaccination exemption certificate. Veterinarian appeal. Penalty. - (a) Any owner or keeper of a dog or cat...
Section 22-339c. - Certificate of rabies vaccination. - (a) A certificate of rabies vaccination shall be (1) a...
Section 22-339d. - Municipal control of feral cats. - (a) A municipality may adopt an ordinance requiring the registration,...
Section 22-340. - Town clerk to provide licenses and tags. - (a) Each person complying with the provisions of section 22-338,...
Section 22-341. - Tag or plate to be attached to dog collar or harness. Cost. - (a) Each owner or keeper of a licensed dog shall...
Section 22-342. - Kennel licenses. Certain breeders to be licensed. Inspection of kennel facilities. Penalties. - (a) Any owner or keeper of a kennel who breeds...
Section 22-343. - Temporary placing of dog. - The holder of any kennel license may place any dog...
Section 22-344. - Licensing of commercial kennel, pet shop, training facility or grooming facility. Advertising by commercial kennels. Registration of animal importer. Fees. Humane treatment of animals. Registration of animal shelters. Inspection. Fi... - (a)(1) No person shall maintain a commercial kennel until he...
Section 22-344a. - Euthanasia of animals by pet shops. - (a) Euthanasia of any warm-blooded animal which was offered for...
Section 22-344b. - Pet shop required to have dogs and cats examined by veterinarian. Replacement or refund. Statement of customer rights. Penalty. - (a) A pet shop licensee shall, prior to offering a...
Section 22-344c. - Licensure of breeding facilities by towns. Standard of care for breeders of cats or dogs. - (a) If a town requires the licensure of persons keeping...
Section 22-344d. - Signs required in pet shops selling dogs. Penalty. - (a) A sign measuring not less than three inches in...
Section 22-344e. - License required for procurement of dog or cat for resale. Exception. Penalty. - No person shall procure any dog or cat for the...
Section 22-344f. - Veterinarian examination of cat or dog imported into state by animal importer or person operating or maintaining animal shelter. Records of veterinary services rendered. Fines. - (a) Any animal importer and any person who operates or...
Section 22-345. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) License and tag for guide dogs for blind, deaf or mobility impaired persons. - Any blind, deaf or mobility impaired person who is the...
Section 22-346. - Guide dogs on trains. - Section 22-346 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3392; 1953, S....
Section 22-347. - Use of license fees. - Within thirty days after receipt of the fees for dog...
Section 22-348. - Allocation of license fees to The University of Connecticut. Balance to towns. - The Commissioner of Agriculture, at the end of each fiscal...
Section 22-349. - Unlicensed dogs. Regulations. Impoundment. - The town clerk of each town shall, annually, on or...
Section 22-350. - Dogs as personal property. Tax exemption. Theft. - All dogs are deemed to be personal property. License fees...
Section 22-350a. - Tethering dog to stationary object or mobile device. Prohibited means. Confining or tethering dogs for unreasonable period of time. Adequate shelter. Retention of other protections afforded dogs. Fines. - (a) No person shall tether a dog to a stationary...
Section 22-351. - Theft, killing or injuring of companion animal. Penalty. Liability. - (a) Any person who steals, confines or conceals any companion...
Section 22-351a. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (c) and effective date.) Liability for intentionally killing or injuring companion animal. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “companion animal” means...
Section 22-352. - Change of residence of owner. - Any dog licensed as provided in this chapter may be...
Section 22-353. - Identifying insignia or tattoo marks. - Section 22-353 is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 22-354. - Imported dogs and cats. Certificates of health. Importation from rabies quarantine area. Sale of young puppies and kittens. Sale of dogs by pet shop licensees. Certificate of origin required. Purchase of dog or cat from outside of s... - (a) Any dog or cat imported into this state shall...
Section 22-354a. - Payment contracts and lease agreements for ownership of dogs or cats. Voided. Ownership of affected dog or cat. Exemptions. - (a) Any contract entered into on or after October 1,...
Section 22-355. - Damage by dog to domestic animals or poultry. - (a) When any person sustains damage by dogs to such...
Section 22-356. - Damage by two or more dogs. - If any person has been damaged in person or property...
Section 22-357. - Damage by dogs to person or property. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Law enforcement officer”...
Section 22-358. - Killing of dogs doing damage. Restraint or disposal orders. Notice. Seizure. Euthanasia and examination of potentially rabid animals. Complaints by persons sustaining damage by dog to poultry, ratite, domestic rabbit, companion anim... - (a) Any owner or the agent of any owner of...
Section 22-359. - Control of rabies. Quarantine. Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may make such orders for the adequate...
Section 22-359a. - Clinic for vaccination against rabies. - (a) On or before June first, annually, the town clerk...
Section 22-359b. - Rabies vaccine. - A rabies vaccine used at an antirabies clinic shall be...
Section 22-359c and 22-359d. - Certificate of rabies vaccination. Licensing and vaccination of cats not required. - Sections 22-359c and 22-359d are repealed. (P.A. 85-167, S. 7,...
Section 22-359e. - Tags and certificates indicating rabies vaccination. - Any veterinarian who administers rabies vaccines to dogs and cats...
Section 22-359f. - Request for reduction of quarantine period after potential rabies exposure of animal. - Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Commissioner of Agriculture...
Section 22-360 and 22-361. - Pasteur treatment. Examination of dog for rabies. - Sections 22-360 and 22-361 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3408,...
Section 22-362. - Annoyance by dogs on highway. - Any person owning or having the custody of any dog...
Section 22-363. - Nuisance. - No person shall own or harbor a dog or dogs...
Section 22-364. - Dogs roaming at large. Intentional or reckless subsequent violation. - (a) No owner or keeper of any dog shall allow...
Section 22-364a. - Intentional or reckless release of domestic animal which causes damage. - Any person who intentionally or recklessly releases a domestic animal...
Section 22-364b. - Control of dogs in proximity to guide dogs. - The owner or keeper of a dog shall restrain and...
Section 22-365. - Obstruction of commissioner or any animal control officer. Penalty. - Any person who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the commissioner,...
Section 22-366. - Cropping of dog's ears. - Any person who crops or cuts or causes to be...
Section 22-367. - General penalty. Enforcement. - Any person owning, keeping or harboring a dog or cat...
Section 22-367a. - Regulations. - The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions...