Animal Control Act

Sections covered

• 510 ILCS 5/1This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/10Impoundment; redemption
• 510 ILCS 5/11Animal placement
• 510 ILCS 5/12Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/13Dog or other animal bites; observation of animal
• 510 ILCS 5/14Whenever a case of rabies has occurred in a locality, or when the proper officials of a government unit are apprehensive of the spread of rabies, the Department shall act to prevent its spread among dogs and other animals
• 510 ILCS 5/15Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/15.1Dangerous dog determination
• 510 ILCS 5/15.2Dangerous dogs; leash
• 510 ILCS 5/15.3Dangerous dog; appeal
• 510 ILCS 5/15.4Potentially dangerous dog
• 510 ILCS 5/15.5Reckless dog owner; complaint; penalty
• 510 ILCS 5/16Animal attacks or injuries
• 510 ILCS 5/16.5Expenses of microchipping
• 510 ILCS 5/17Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/18Any owner seeing his or her livestock, poultry, or equidae being injured, wounded, or killed by a dog, not accompanied by or not under the supervision of its owner, may kill such dog
• 510 ILCS 5/18.1The owner or keeper of a dog is liable to a person for all damages caused by the dog pursuing, chasing, worrying, wounding, injuring, or killing any sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, poultry, ratites, or swine belonging to that person
• 510 ILCS 5/19Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/2As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 3 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections
• 510 ILCS 5/20Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/2.01Administrator
• 510 ILCS 5/2.02"Animal" means every living creature, other than man, which may be affected by rabies
• 510 ILCS 5/2.03"Animal Control Warden" means any person appointed by the Administrator to perform the duties set forth in this Act
• 510 ILCS 5/2.03a"Business day" means any day including holidays that the animal control facility is open to the public for animal reclaims
• 510 ILCS 5/2.04"Board" means the county board in each county, as defined by Section 5-1004 of the Counties Code
• 510 ILCS 5/2.04a"Cat" means Felis catus
• 510 ILCS 5/2.05"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 from other animals and the public
• 510 ILCS 5/2.05aAnimals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/2.06"Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois
• 510 ILCS 5/2.07Deputy Administrator
• 510 ILCS 5/2.08"Director" means the Director of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, or his duly appointed representative
• 510 ILCS 5/2.09"District" means a geographic area consisting of 2 or more counties in their entirety
• 510 ILCS 5/2.10"District Board" means the governing body created to act as a single unit to effectuate this Act in a District and shall consist of 3 members of the Board of each county involved
• 510 ILCS 5/2.11"Dog" means all members of the family Canidae
• 510 ILCS 5/2.11aAnimals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/2.11b"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 socialized, (ii) is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized, or (iii) lives on a farm
• 510 ILCS 5/2.11cIntact animal
• 510 ILCS 5/2.12"Has been bitten" means has been seized with the teeth or jaws so that the person or animal seized has been nipped, gripped, wounded, or pierced, and further includes contact of saliva with any break or abrasion of the skin
• 510 ILCS 5/2.12a"Impounded" means taken into the custody of the public animal control facility in the city, town, or county where the animal is found
• 510 ILCS 5/2.13"Inoculation against rabies" means the injection of an antirabies vaccine approved by the Department
• 510 ILCS 5/2.14"Leash" means a cord, rope, strap, or chain which shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of a dog or other animal and shall be of sufficient strength to keep such dog or other animal under control
• 510 ILCS 5/2.15"Licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed by the State in which he engages in the practice of veterinary medicine
• 510 ILCS 5/2.16Owner
• 510 ILCS 5/2.17"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the State of Illinois, municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State, or any other business unit
• 510 ILCS 5/2.17a"Peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012
• 510 ILCS 5/2.17b"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
• 510 ILCS 5/2.17c"Potentially dangerous dog" means a dog that is unsupervised and found running at large with 3 or more other dogs
• 510 ILCS 5/2.18"Pound" or "animal control facility" may be used interchangeably and mean any facility approved by the Administrator for the purpose of enforcing this Act and used as a shelter for seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs or other animals
• 510 ILCS 5/2.18a"Physical injury" means the impairment of physical condition
• 510 ILCS 5/2.18bReckless dog owner
• 510 ILCS 5/2.19"Registration certificate" means a printed form prescribed by the Department for the purpose of recording pertinent information as required by the Department under this Act
• 510 ILCS 5/2.19-3Return
• 510 ILCS 5/2.19a"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 of the function of any bodily organ, or plastic surgery
• 510 ILCS 5/2.19b"Vicious dog" means a dog that, without justification, attacks a person and causes serious physical injury or death or any individual dog that has been found to be a "dangerous dog" upon 3 separate occasions
• 510 ILCS 5/22Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/24Limitations
• 510 ILCS 5/25The invalidity of any Section or parts of any Section of this Act or any rule or regulation pursuant thereto shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Act, or any rule or regulation
• 510 ILCS 5/26Animals › 510 ILCS 5 — Animal Control Act
• 510 ILCS 5/27Any officer failing, refusing, or neglecting to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense
• 510 ILCS 5/3The County Board Chairman with the consent of the County Board shall appoint an Administrator
• 510 ILCS 5/30Rules
• 510 ILCS 5/35Liability
• 510 ILCS 5/3.5County animal population fund use limitation
• 510 ILCS 5/4When the Boards of 2 or more counties, through mutual agreement, wish to join to effectuate any part or all of this Act, they shall make written request to the Director, setting forth the geographical area and the Sections of this Act involved
• 510 ILCS 5/5Duties and powers
• 510 ILCS 5/7All registration fees collected shall be remitted to the County Treasurer, who shall place the monies in an Animal Control Fund
• 510 ILCS 5/7.1In addition to any other fees provided for under this Act, any county may charge a reasonable fee for the pickup and disposal of dead animals from private for-profit animal hospitals
• 510 ILCS 5/8Rabies inoculation
• 510 ILCS 5/9Any dog found running at large contrary to provisions of this Act may be apprehended and impounded