Summary:
(1) Subject to Section 18-2-101, a municipality may:
(a) license, tax, regulate, or prohibit the keeping of dogs; and
(b) authorize the destruction, sale, or other disposal of a dog if the dog is at large contrary to ordinance.
(2)(a) As used in this Subsection (2):
(i) “Retired service animal” means a dog that:
(A) at one time was a service animal for the current owner; and
(B) no longer provides service animal services for the owner because of the dog's age or other factors limiting the dog's service capability.
(ii) “Service animal” means a police service canine, as defined in Section 53-16-102.
(b) If a municipality adopts a limit as to the number of dogs a person may keep, the municipality shall allow a person to keep a service animal, a retired service animal, or both in addition to that limit.
Credits
Laws 1911, c. 120, § 1; Laws 1915, c. 100, § 1; Laws 1967, c. 23, § 1; Laws 2014, c. 28, § 1, eff. May 13, 2014; Laws 2014, c. 424, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
Codifications R.S. 1898, § 206, subd. 69; C.L. 1907, § 206, subd. 69; C.L. 1917, § 570x68; R.S. 1933, § 15-8-65; C. 1943, § 15-8-65.