| LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA |
CH. 19
Section 1. Section 351.39, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
351.39 CONFINEMENT.
When
If a local board of health receives information that
any person has been bitten by
an animal has bitten a person or that a dog or animal is suspected of having rabies,
it
the board shall order the owner to confine such animal in the manner it directs. If the owner fails
to confine such animal in the manner directed, the animal shall be apprehended and
impounded by such board, and after two
weeks
ten days the board may humanely destroy
the animal. If such animal is returned to its owner, the owner shall pay the cost of
impoundment. This section shall not apply to a police service dog or a horse used by a law
enforcement agency, that is acting in the performance of its duties which has bitten a
person.1
Approved March 30, 2001
1 See chapter 176, §68 herein
Updated: 24-Oct-2001 02:15 PM
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