New York Agriculture & Markets Law Article 7 - LICENSING, IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF DOGS

• 106 - Purpose.
  The purpose of this article is to provide for the licensing and identification of dogs, the control and protection of the dog population and the...
• 107 - Application.
  1. This article shall apply to all areas of the state except any city having a population of over two million. 2. In the event...
• 108 - Definitions.
  As used in this article, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise: 1. "Adoption" means the delivery to any...
• 109 - Licensing of Dogs Required; Rabies Vaccination Required.
  1. (a) The owner of any dog reaching the age of four months shall immediately make application for a dog license. No license shall be...
• 110 - License Fees.
  1. The license fee for dog licenses issued pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred nine of this article shall be determined by the...
• 111 - Identification of Dogs.
  1. Each dog licensed pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred nine of this article shall be assigned, at the time the dog is...
• 111-a - Microchipping Standards.
  * 1. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations that provide for standardization of technology used in microchips implanted in companion animals that...
• 111-b - Registration of Microchips.
  * When microchips are implanted into companion animals that are dogs or cats and registered by, or on behalf of, such animals' owner's registration information...
• 112 - Change of Ownership; Lost or Stolen Dog.
  1. In the event of a change in the ownership of any dog which has been licensed pursuant to this article or in the address...
• 113 - Dog Control Officers.
  1. Each town and city, and each village in which licenses are issued, shall appoint, and any other village and any county may appoint, one...
• 114 - Pounds and Shelters.
  1. Each town and city, and each village in which licenses are issued shall, and any other village and any county may, establish and maintain...
• 115 - Funds Expended by Municipality for Services.
  No municipality shall be required to expend in any calendar year for dog control officer and pound or shelter services undertaken pursuant to this article,...
• 116 - Spaying and Neutering Facilities Authorized.
  1. Any municipality may, by local law or ordinance, provide for the establishment and operation of a facility to provide services for the alteration of...
• 117 - Seizure of Dogs; Redemption Periods; Impoundment Fees; Adoption.
  1. Any dog control officer or peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or police officer in the employ of or under contract to...
• 117-a - Animal Population Control Program.
  1. The commissioner shall submit a request for proposals from not-for-profit entities as described herein for the purpose of administering a state animal population control...
• 118 - Violations.
  1. It shall be a violation, punishable as provided in subdivision two of this section, for: (a) any owner to fail to license any dog;...
• 119 - Disposition of Fines.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all moneys collected as fines or penalties by any municipality as a result of any prosecution for violations of...
• 120 - Protection of Deer.
  1. Whenever the governing body of any municipality shall determine that the deer population in the municipality or part thereof is suffering severe depredation due...
• 121 - Night Quarantine.
  1. The governing body of any municipality may at any time by order require that all dogs in such municipality shall be securely confined between...
• 122 - Local Laws or Ordinances.
  1. Any municipality may enact a local law or ordinance upon the keeping or running at large of dogs and the seizure thereof, provided no...
• 123 - Dangerous Dogs.
  1. Any person who witnesses an attack or threatened attack, or in the case of a minor, an adult acting on behalf of such minor,...
• 123-a - Exemption From Civil Liability.
  1. If any dog shall, without justification, attack a person, or behaves in a manner which a reasonable person would believe poses a serious and...
• 123-b - Offenses Against Service Animals and Handlers.
  1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) "Service animal" shall mean any animal that has been partnered with a person who has a disability...
• 124 - Powers of Commissioner.
  The commissioner is hereby authorized to: (a) promulgate, after public hearing, such rules and regulations as are necessary to supplement and give full effect to...

Last modified: February 3, 2019