CREDIT(S) (Added L.1965, c. 1047, § 3.) Dog owners may be fined for violation of these laws… This chapter contains New York’s general animal protection and related statutes with an effective date on or before September 1, 2018. If a letter is sent to the dog's owner, DEP will also send you a letter with instructions about how to follow up if the animal continues to be noisy. Under dog bite laws in New York, a dangerous dog is defined as one that without justification: Attacks and injures or kills a person, service dog, farm animal, or domestic animal; or Behaves in a way that would make a reasonable person believe the dog poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat of serious injury or death. New York State Department of Health - division of Epidemiology Subject: Pet Vaccination- State law requires rabies vaccinations (shots) for all cats, dogs and domesticated ferrets! Parks. 1. Dogs must be leashed in public parks unless they are in a dog run or a designated off-leash area. Dog License (Health Code § 161.04): According to the City website, “New York State law requires that all owned dogs be licensed and the New York City Health Code §161.04 require every dog owner to have a dog license tag attached to their dog’s collar while in public. Agriculture and Markets Law. Keywords "rabies,shots, vaccination, pet, owner, cat, dog, ferret, booster" Created Date: 8/25/2005 12:13:03 PM New York City's pet law includes an exception that makes it possible to keep a pet in your apartment despite a landlord's no-pets rule. (Note: Ferrets are illegal in New York City.) Chapter 69. Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs. Of the Consolidated Laws. Summary: This New York statute provides that statutory penalties for dog bites and the process for declaring a dog "dangerous." All dogs in public places in New York City must be leashed. You can report an unleashed dog in a park, an apartment building, and other public places. New York’s Civil Rights Law requires public facilities to allow guide dogs, service dogs, and hearing dogs. (a) The owner of any dog reaching the age of four months shall immediately make application for a dog license. Dog owners may be fined for violation of these laws. The unauthorized possession of a dog or dogs, by any person not the true owner, for a period exceeding ten days, without notifying either the owner, the local police authorities, or the superintendent of the state police at Albany, New York, of such possession, shall be presumptive evidence of larceny. It begins with a detailed overview of the provisions contained in these laws, followed by the full text of the statutes themselves. The leash can’t be longer than 6 feet. You may also obtain an application from a veterinarian, animal shelter, or pet shop. A service dog is a dog that has been, or is being, trained to work or perform tasks for a person with a disability (including psychiatric disabilities). Article 7. To obtain an application for a dog license, please visit the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Dog Licenses website, or call 311. If DEP has already sent letters to the dog's owner, or if your complaint is regarding noise from a domestic animal other than a dog, they may do a noise inspection. New York City has a rather elaborate and comprehensive list of the animals that are defined as wild animals (Health Code 161.01) and are illegal to possess, harbor, sell, or give to another person within the confines of the 5 Burroughs with the exception of certified zoological parks, laboratories, circuses, and wildlife rehabilitators.