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SUPREME COURT BUILDING REGULATIONS

REGULATION FOUR
November 12, 1999
This Regulation is issued under authority of 40 U. S. C.
§ 13l for the protection of the Supreme Court building and
grounds and persons and property therein, and for the main-
tenance of suitable order and decorum of the Court, and en-
forces the provisions of 40 U. S. C. §§ 13g and 13i. Any per-
son who fails to comply with this Regulation may be subject
to a ﬁne and/or imprisonment pursuant to 40 U. S. C. § 13m.
No person who owns or has custody of a dog (hereinafter
“Owner”) shall permit the dog to be on Supreme Court
grounds unless the dog is secured by a leash that does not
exceed four feet in length.

Owners shall control their dogs and prevent their dogs
from harassing or injuring any person on Supreme Court
grounds or injuring any statue, seat, wall, fountain or any
erection or architectural feature, or tree, shrub, plant or turf
on Supreme Court grounds.

Any owner who permits his or her dog to defecate on
immediately remove the

Supreme Court grounds shall
excrement.

No owner shall permit his or her dog to enter the Supreme
Court building, unless the owner is disabled and the dog is
trained to assist the owner or the owner is a law enforcement
ofﬁcer and the dog is trained and authorized to assist the law
enforcement ofﬁcer.