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TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-13. 4-13-13 Wrongful removal of collar – Theft or destruction of licensed dogs – Poisoning. – Whoever wrongfully removes the collar from the neck of a dog licensed and collared according to the provisions of this chapter, or stea
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-11. 4-13-11 Annual census of dogs – List of licenses issued. – The city or town sergeant of each city or town, or any special constables as the city or town council of the city or town may appoint, annually in the month of April,
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-10. 4-13-10 Thoroughbred dogs exempt – Kennel licenses. – No license fee is imposed on any thoroughbred dogs kept for breeding and stud purposes only; provided, that the dog is owned by a breeder or annual exhibitor of thoroughbr
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Rescues & Boarding
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-18. 4-13-18 Destruction of dogs in defense of person or livestock. – Any person may kill any dog that suddenly assaults him or her or any person of his or her family or in his or her company, while the person assaulted is out of
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-18. 4-13-18 Destruction of dogs in defense of person or livestock. – Any person may kill any dog that suddenly assaults him or her or any person of his or her family or in his or her company, while the person assaulted is out of
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-16. 4-13-16 Action for damages to animals – Double damages on second recovery – Destruction of offending dog. – If any dog kills, wounds, worries, or assists in ki
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-16.1. 4-13-16.1 Injury to seeing-eye dogs or persons who are visually impaired- Damages. – If any dog kills, wounds, or worries, or assists in killing, wounding, or worrying, any seeing-eye dog certified for use as a guide-dog for
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Licenses, Service Dog Law
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-15. 4-13-15 Collaring of dogs – Impoundment and disposition of uncollared dogs. – (a) Every owner or keeper of a dog shall cause the dog to wear a collar around its neck distinctly marked with its owner’s or keeper’s name and wit
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-15.1. 4-13-15.1 Ordinances concerning unrestricted and vicious dogs prohibited – Leash laws. – (a) City or town councils may make any ordinances concerning dogs in their cities or towns as the councils deem expedient, pertaining to
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-23. 4-13-23 Sworn testimony before appraiser. – Whenever any owner of a sheep or lamb, cattle, horse, hog or fowl, suffering loss by reason of the biting, maiming or killing by any dog, notifies the appraiser as provided in 4-1
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-22. 4-13-22 Subrogation of town or city to claim for damages. – Upon drawing an order as provided in 4-13-20 and 4-13-21, the town or city may recover, in a civil action against the keeper or owner of any dog involved in the da
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-21. 4-13-21 Appraisal and payment of damages in certain Newport county towns. – Each town or city council in the county of Newport, except in the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth, shall annually in the month of April appoint on
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-20. 4-13-20 Appraisal of damages done by dogs. – Each town or city council, excepting the town and city councils in the cities of Newport and Pawtucket and in the towns of Jamestown, Little Compton, New Shoreham, Tiverton, Exeter
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-19. 4-13-19 Order to confine or kill vicious dog – Subsequent damages. – (a) If any person, or any member of his or her family shall be assaulted by any dog, out of the enclosure of its owner or keeper, or if any person shall hav
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-29. 4-13-29 Quarantine to suppress rabies – Report of cases. – (a) The rabies control board of Rhode Island is empowered to issue any rules and regulations not contrary to law that may be necessary in setting the terms and condit
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-29.2. 4-13-29.2 Exemption from liability. – Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, neither the rabies control board, any member of the board, the state or any of the state’s subdivisions, or any person acting as thei
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-29.1. 4-13-29.1 Responsibility for local rabies control. – Each city and town is required to provide for the control of rabies in cats, dogs, and ferrets within its boundaries. The municipality may elect to adopt into ordinance pro
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-26. 4-13-26 – 4-13-28. Repealed. -.
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-25. 4-13-25 Election of special constable and appraiser in Pawtucket. – The council of the city of Pawtucket shall in the month of February in each year elect a special constable under the dog law, and an appraiser of damage done
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards, Licenses
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-24. 4-13-24 Penalty for neglect of duties. – Any person appointed under the provisions of this chapter who qualifies himself or herself to act, and every city or town clerk and every city or town council, who willfully neglects t
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards, Licenses
ITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-34. 4-13-34 Correction of defects in prosecutions. – Any defect in any action, complaint and warrant, indictment or other proceeding commenced and prosecuted under this chapter, either of form or substance, may be amended by the
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-33. 4-13-33 Agent of society for prevention of cruelty as special constable. – The board of police commissioners of any city, and the city council and town council of any city or town where there is no board of police commissione
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-32. 4-13-32 Penalty for violation of rabies suppression provisions. – Any person violating the provisions of 4-13-29 and 4-13-31 shall be charged with a misdemeanor and fined not less than two hundred dollars (200) nor more tha
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Husbandry / Care Standards
ITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-31. 4-13-31 Compulsory rabies vaccination. – (a) For the purpose of preventing the introduction of rabies when rabies appears in any nearby area and its appearance creates a threat of introduction into Rhode Island, or for the su
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Husbandry / Care Standards
TITLE 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry CHAPTER 4-13 Dogs SECTION 4-13-30. 4-13-30 [Obsolete
Location: Rhode Island
Law Categories: Husbandry / Care Standards
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