Effective: June 21, 1990
Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 - 118th General Assembly
(A) For the purposes of this section, ordinances or resolutions to control dogs include, but are not limited to, ordinances or resolutions concerned with the ownership, keeping, or harboring of dogs, the restraint of dogs, dogs as public nuisances, and dogs as a threat to public health, safety, and welfare, except that such ordinances or resolutions as permitted in division (B) of this section shall not prohibit the use of any dog which is lawfully engaged in hunting or training for the purpose of hunting while accompanied by a licensed hunter. However, such dogs at all other times and in all other respects shall be subject to the ordinance or resolution permitted by this section, unless actually in the field and engaged in hunting or in legitimate training for such purpose.
(B)(1) A board of county commissioners may adopt and enforce resolutions to control dogs within the unincorporated areas of the county that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code.
(2) A board of township trustees may adopt and enforce resolutions to control dogs within the township that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code, if the township is located in a county where the board of county commissioners has not adopted resolutions to control dogs within the unincorporated areas of the county under this section. In the event that the board of county commissioners adopts resolutions to control dogs in the county after a board of township trustees has adopted resolutions to control dogs within the township, the resolutions adopted by the county board of commissioners prevail over the resolutions adopted by the board of township trustees.
(3) A municipal corporation may adopt and enforce ordinances to control dogs within the municipal corporation that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code.
(C) No person shall violate any resolution or ordinance adopted under this section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Section 955.01 | Registration of Dogs.
Section 955.011 | Registration for Guide, Leader, Hearing or Support Dogs to Be Free and Permanent.
Section 955.012 | Law Enforcement Canine Registration.
Section 955.013 | Registration of Dogs and Kennels via Internet.
Section 955.02 | Definition of "Dog Kennel" or "Kennel".
Section 955.03 | Dogs Are Personal Property.
Section 955.04 | Kennel Registration.
Section 955.05 | Registration of Dog or Dog Kennel During Year.
Section 955.06 | Registration Fee for Partial Year and Multiple Years.
Section 955.07 | Certificate of Registration - Record Kept by County Auditor.
Section 955.09 | Period of Validity.
Section 955.10 | Tags to Be Worn.
Section 955.11 | Transfer of Ownership Certificate.
Section 955.121 | Appointment of Sheriff as County Dog Warden.
Section 955.14 | Increasing Dog and Kennel Registration Fees.
Section 955.15 | Impounding Dogs.
Section 955.151 | Chemical Capture of Companion Animals.
Section 955.16 | Disposing of Impounded Dogs.
Section 955.17 | Costs - Fees.
Section 955.18 | Redemption of Dog.
Section 955.20 | Dog and Kennel Fund.
Section 955.201 | Ohio Pet Fund - Sterilization Services.
Section 955.21 | Prohibition Against Failure to Register Dog Kennel.
Section 955.22 | Confining, Restraining, Debarking Dogs; Dangerous Dog Registration Certificate.
Section 955.221 | Local Ordinances or Resolutions Pertaining to Dog Control.
Section 955.222 | Hearings for Dog Designation.
Section 955.23 | Prohibition Against Failure of Duty by Dog Warden.
Section 955.24 | Prohibition Against Hindering the Capture of an Unregistered Dog.
Section 955.25 | Unlawful Tag.
Section 955.26 | Rabies Quarantine.
Section 955.261 | Duties After Dog Bites Person.
Section 955.27 | Disposition of Surplus Fund.
Section 955.28 | Dog May Be Killed for Certain Acts - Owner Liable for Damages.
Section 955.39 | Prohibition Against Violating a Rabies Quarantine.
Section 955.41 | Examination of Claim.
Section 955.42 | Reimbursement for Rabies Bite.
Section 955.43 | Dogs With Blind, Deaf or Mobility Impaired Person.
Section 955.44 | Fines Credited to Dog and Kennel Fund.
Section 955.50 | Sale and Transportation of Dogs.
Section 955.51 | Claims for Value of Animals Injured or Killed by Coyote.
Section 955.52 | Hearing on Claims for Value of Animals Injured or Killed by Coyote.
Section 955.53 | Claim Forms for Value of Animals Injured or Killed by Coyote.
Section 955.54 | Possession of Certain Dogs by Convicted Felons Prohibited.