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346.50(2)

Statute ID: 4796

Statute Function ID: 4453

Stray/Companion Animals - Dogs Identification - Electronic Device In/Attached to Dog

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Petty Misdemeanor (PM)

General Offense Code:

Other (9)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Crimes Against Govt (Y) (Rank 19)

Detailed Offense Code:

Health and Safety (913)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

UCR Code

Description

90Z

All Other Offenses

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

346.50(2)

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1985

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Stray/Companion Animals - Dogs Identification - Electronic Device In/Attached to Dog

Statute ID:

4796

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Mar 18, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

Putting in missing legislative text

Summary Text:

Stray/Companion Animals - Dogs Identification - Electronic Device In/Attached to Dog

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/346/50.html

Legislative Session:

1985 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Mar 18, 2015

An owner or custodian of a dog who permits the dog to be uncontrolled off the owner's or custodian's premises shall have the dog identified in one of the following ways:
 
(1) by a device, tag, or plate attached to the dog by a collar, harness, or device giving the name, address, and telephone number of the current owner;

(2) by an electronically activated identification device within or attached to the body of the dog through which the owner can be promptly identified;

(3) by a number legibly tattooed on the thigh, abdomen, or ear of the dog through which the owner can be promptly identified using information from official dog registries, city or county registries, veterinary hospital registries, or driver's license records;

(4) by an official license tag of a city or county through which the owner can be promptly identified; or

(5) by a current rabies vaccination tag or other identification device of a city, a county, or a veterinarian through which the owner can be promptly identified.