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Ch 3: Section three: Other pertinent state laws

Agriculture and Markets regulations, Article 7, Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs and Animal Population Control Program

Regulatory agencies: Animal Industry Division of the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets

Applicable to: dogs and cats

Read the law: http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AI/Circ950.pdf (primarily, this is Article 7, sections 106–126; but there are many excerpts from other laws, so it's easiest to download the circular)

For a NWCO, the key sections are:
Section 118: Seizure of dogs; redemption period; impoundment fees; adoption
Section 121: Dangerous dogs
Section 117-a: Animal population control program
Section 114: Dog control officers
Part 77, section 77.2: Standards for the care of seized dogs
Part 77, section 77.3: Euthanasia and disposal
Section 2140 (Public Health law, title IV, article 21): Rabies; prevention of the spread
Section 2142: Rabies; dogs at large; seizure and disposal; reports
Section 2145: Rabies; compulsory vaccination; violation; penalty

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