Illinois Compiled Statutes 510 Animals: Article -

• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 1
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Animal Control Act. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2
  As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 3 have the...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.01
  "Administrator" means a veterinarian licensed by the State of Illinois and appointed pursuant to this Act, or in the event a veterinarian cannot be...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.02
  "Animal" means every living creature, other than man, which may be affected by rabies. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.03
  "Animal Control Warden" means any person appointed by the Administrator to perform the duties set forth in this Act. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.03a
  "Business day" means any day including holidays that the animal control facility is open to the public for animal reclaims. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff.
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.04
  "Board" means the county board in each county, as defined by Section 5-1004 of the Counties Code. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.04a
  "Cat" means Felis catus. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.05
  "Confined" means restriction of an animal at all times by the owner, or his agent, to an escape-proof building, house, or other enclosure away...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.05a
  "Dangerous dog" means (i) any individual dog anywhere other than upon the property of the owner or custodian of the dog and unmuzzled, unleashed, or...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.06
  "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.07
  "Deputy Administrator" means a veterinarian licensed by the State of Illinois, appointed by the Administrator. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.08
  "Director" means the Director of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, or his duly appointed representative. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.09
  "District" means a geographic area consisting of 2 or more counties in their entirety. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.10
  "District Board" means the governing body created to act as a single unit to effectuate this Act in a District and shall consist of...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.11
  "Dog" means all members of the family Canidae. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.11a
  "Enclosure" means a fence or structure of at least 6 feet in height, forming or causing an enclosure suitable to prevent the entry of young...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.11b
  "Feral cat" means a cat that (i) is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.11c
  Intact animal. "Intact animal" means an animal that has not been spayed or neutered. (Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.12
  "Has been bitten" means has been seized with the teeth or jaws so that the person or animal seized has been nipped, gripped, wounded,...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.12a
  "Impounded" means taken into the custody of the public animal control facility in the city, town, or county where the animal is found. (Source:...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.13
  "Inoculation against rabies" means the injection of an antirabies vaccine approved by the Department. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.14
  "Leash" means a cord, rope, strap, or chain which shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of a dog or other animal...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.15
  "Licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed by the State in which he engages in the practice of veterinary medicine. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.16
  "Owner" means any person having a right of property in an animal, or who keeps or harbors an animal, or who has it in his...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.17
  "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the State of Illinois, municipal corporation...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.17a
  "Peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012. (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.17b
  "Police animal" means an animal owned or used by a law enforcement department or agency in the course of the department or agency's work....
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.17c
  "Potentially dangerous dog" means a dog that is unsupervised and found running at large with 3 or more other dogs. (Source: P.A. 95-550, eff. 6-1-08.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.18
  "Pound" or "animal control facility" may be used interchangeably and mean any facility approved by the Administrator for the purpose of enforcing this Act...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.18a
  "Physical injury" means the impairment of physical condition. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.19
  "Registration certificate" means a printed form prescribed by the Department for the purpose of recording pertinent information as required by the Department under this...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.19a
  "Serious physical injury" means a physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, impairment...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 2.19b
  "Vicious dog" means a dog that, without justification, attacks a person and causes serious physical injury or death or any individual dog that has...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 3
  The County Board Chairman with the consent of the County Board shall appoint an Administrator. Appointments shall be made as necessary to keep this position...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 4
  When the Boards of 2 or more counties, through mutual agreement, wish to join to effectuate any part or all of this Act, they...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 5
  Duties and powers. (a) It shall be the duty of the Administrator or the Deputy Administrator, through sterilization, humane education, rabies inoculation, stray control, impoundment,...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 7
  All registration fees collected shall be remitted to the County Treasurer, who shall place the monies in an Animal Control Fund. This fund shall...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 7.1
  In addition to any other fees provided for under this Act, any county may charge a reasonable fee for the pickup and disposal of...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 8
  Every owner of a dog 4 months or more of age shall have each dog inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. Every dog shall...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 9
  Any dog found running at large contrary to provisions of this Act may be apprehended and impounded. For this purpose, the Administrator shall utilize any...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 10
  Impoundment; redemption. When dogs or cats are apprehended and impounded, they must be scanned for the presence of a microchip and examined for other currently...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 11
  When not redeemed by the owner, agent, or caretaker, a dog or cat must be scanned for a microchip. If a microchip is present, the...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 12
  The owner of any animal which exhibits clinical signs of rabies, whether or not the animal has been inoculated against rabies, shall immediately notify...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 13
  Dog or other animal bites; observation of animal. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Section, when the Administrator or, if the...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 14
  Whenever a case of rabies has occurred in a locality, or when the proper officials of a government unit are apprehensive of the spread...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 15
  (a) In order to have a dog deemed "vicious", the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, or law enforcement officer must give notice of the infraction that is...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 15.1
  Dangerous dog determination. (a) After a thorough investigation including: sending, within 10 business days of the Administrator or Director becoming aware of the alleged infraction,...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 15.2
  Dangerous dogs; leash. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly permit any dangerous dog to leave the premises of its owner...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 15.3
  Dangerous dog; appeal. (a) The owner of a dog found to be a dangerous dog pursuant to this Act by an Administrator may file a...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 15.4
  Potentially dangerous dog. A dog found running at large and unsupervised with 3 or more other dogs may be deemed a potentially dangerous dog by...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 16
  Animal attacks or injuries. If a dog or other animal, without provocation, attacks, attempts to attack, or injures any person who is peaceably conducting himself...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 16.5
  Expenses of microchipping. A clinic for microchipping companion animals of county residents should be conducted at least once a year under the direction of...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 17
  For the purpose of making inspections hereunder, the Administrator, or his or her authorized representative, or any law enforcement officer may enter upon private...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 18
  Any owner seeing his or her livestock, poultry, or equidae being injured, wounded, or killed by a dog, not accompanied by or not under...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 18.1
  The owner or keeper of a dog is liable to a person for all damages caused by the dog pursuing, chasing, worrying, wounding, injuring,...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 19
  Any owner having livestock, poultry, or equidae killed or injured by a dog shall, according to the provisions of this Act and upon filing...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 20
  The payment to any owner of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, swine, or poultry of monies out of the Animal Control Fund for damages...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 22
  The Department shall have general supervision of the administration of this Act and may make reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Act,...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 24
  Nothing in this Act shall be held to limit in any manner the power of any municipality or other political subdivision to prohibit animals...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 25
  The invalidity of any Section or parts of any Section of this Act or any rule or regulation pursuant thereto shall not affect the...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 26
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any person violating or aiding in or abetting the violation of any provision of this Act, or...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 27
  Any officer failing, refusing, or neglecting to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 30
  Rules. The Department shall administer this Act and shall promulgate rules necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. The Director may, in formulating rules...
• Illinois Animal Control Act. - 510 ILCS 5, Section 35
  Liability. (a) Any municipality or political subdivision allowing feral cat colonies and trap, sterilize, and return programs to help control cat overpopulation shall be immune...

Last modified: February 18, 2015