Ohio Code § 955.15
Ohio Code § 955.15. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 955.15.
(A) The board of county commissioners shall provide nets and other suitable 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 humane methods
for destroying dogs. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the dog warden shall deliver any dog that
the warden or the warden's deputies have seized to one of the following: (1) A dog pound operated by the county; (2) Another animal shelter for dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code , that operates in a manner suitable for a dog pound and that is able to adopt out,
transfer out, or humanely destroy dogs in accordance with state law. (C) A dog warden shall not deliver dogs to an animal shelter for dogs under division
(B)(2) of this section unless the board of county commissioners has entered into a
written agreement with the animal shelter for dogs to operate as a dog pound on behalf
of the county. (D) A pound or animal shelter for dogs to which a dog has been delivered under division
(B) of this section shall deal with the dog in accordance with state law, including
the maintenance of any public records pertaining to the intake and disposition of
the dog. (E) The board shall provide for the payment of reasonable compensation to an animal shelter
for dogs described in division (B)(2) of this section for its services so performed
out of the dog and kennel fund or the county's general revenue fund. (F) The board may designate and appoint any officers regularly employed by any society
organized under sections 1717.02 to 1717.05 of the Revised Code , to act as county dog warden or deputies for the purpose of carrying out sections 955.01 to 955.27 of the Revised Code , if such society whose agents are so employed owns or controls a suitable place for
keeping and destroying dogs.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 955.15
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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