Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in sections 955.011, 955.012, and 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog more than three months of age shall file, on or after the first day […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) When an application is made for registration of an assistance dog and the owner can show proof by certificate or other means that the dog is an assistance dog, the owner of the dog shall be exempt from any fee for […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Controlled substance” has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) “Law enforcement agency” means the state highway patrol, the office of a county sheriff, the police department of a municipal […]
Effective: November 5, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 204 – 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “financial transaction device” has the same meaning as in section 301.28 of the Revised Code. (B) A county auditor may establish procedures and take actions that are necessary to allow for either or both of the […]
Effective: March 13, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 – 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter, “dog kennel” or “kennel” means an establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains adult dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of breeding the dogs for a fee or other consideration received […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any dog which has been registered under sections 955.01 and 955.04 of the Revised Code and any dog not required to be registered under such sections shall be considered as personal property and have all the rights and privileges and be subject […]
Effective: June 1, 1998 Latest Legislation: House Bill 219 – 122nd General Assembly Every owner of a kennel of dogs shall, in like manner as provided in section 955.01 of the Revised Code, make application for the registration of such kennel, and pay to the county auditor a registration fee of ten dollars for each […]
Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly After the thirty-first day of January of any year, except as otherwise provided in section 955.012 or 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person, immediately upon becoming the owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog more than three months of age or […]
Effective: December 1, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly (A) The owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog becoming three months of age after the first day of July in a calendar year and the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog purchased outside the state after the first day of […]
Effective: December 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Upon the filing of the application for registration required by sections 955.01 and 955.04 of the Revised Code and upon the payment of the registration fee and the administrative fee, if applicable, the county auditor shall assign a distinctive number to every […]
Effective: December 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly In addition to the certificate of registration provided for by section 955.07 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall issue to every person making application for the registration of a dog and paying the required fee therefor a metal tag for […]
Effective: December 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Certificates of registration and registration tags shall be valid only during the calendar year or years for which they are issued.
Effective: March 13, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 – 129th General Assembly No owner of a dog, except a dog constantly confined to a dog kennel registered under this chapter or one licensed under Chapter 956. of the Revised Code, shall fail to require the dog to wear, at all times, a valid tag […]
Effective: May 22, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 14 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1)(a) “Dangerous dog” means a dog that, without provocation, and subject to division (A)(1)(b) of this section, has done any of the following: (i) Caused injury, other than killing or serious injury, to any person; (ii) […]
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly Except as provided in section 955.121 of Revised Code, a board of county commissioners shall appoint or employ a county dog warden and deputies in such number, for such periods of time, and at such compensation as the board considers necessary to […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A)(1) In lieu of appointing a county dog warden and deputies under section 955.12 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners may appoint the county sheriff to enforce sections 955.01 to 955.27 and 955.50 to 955.53 of the Revised Code. […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 955.01 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners by resolution may increase dog and kennel registration fees in the county. The amount of the fees shall not exceed an amount that the board, in its discretion, estimates […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners shall provide nets and other suitab le devices for the taking of dogs in a humane manner, provide a suitable place for impounding dogs, make proper provision for feeding and caring for the same, and provide […]
Effective: March 31, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 24 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: “Animal shelter” has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. “Certified officer” means an individual who meets the requirements established under section 4729.534 of the Revised Code. “Chemical capture” means using an […]
Effective: March 31, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 24 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Dogs that have been seized by the county dog warden and impounded shall be kept, housed, and fed for three days for the purpose of redemption, as provided by section 955.18 of the Revised Code, unless any of the following applies: […]
