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Ohio Rev Code § 947.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 947 | Property Identification|Section 947.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 947.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.(B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.(C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.(D) Whoever violates division (D) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.(E) Whoever violates a rule of the director of agriculture adopted under section 947.06 or 947.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 951.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays|Section 951.02 | Animals Running at Large on Public Roads - Grazing on Another's Land.

Effective: March 28, 2017|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly|No person, who is the owner or keeper of horses, mules, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, swine, llamas, alpacas, or poultry, shall permit them to run at large in the public road, highway, street, lane, or alley, or upon unenclosed land, or cause the animals to be herded, kept, or detained for the purpose of grazing on premises other than those owned or lawfully occupied by the owner or keeper of the animals.
Ohio Rev Code § 951.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays|Section 951.10 | Damages; Evidence.

Effective: September 23, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The owner or keeper of an animal described in section 951.02 of the Revised Code, who negligently permits it to run at large in violation of that section, is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the animal in any of the places specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code or upon the premises of another without reference to the fence that may enclose the premises. (B) The running at large of any animal specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code in or upon any of the places specified in that section is prima-facie evidence in a civil action for damages under division (A) of this section that the owner or keeper of the animal negligently permitted the animal to run at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 951.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays|Section 951.11 | Strays.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153, House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly|A person finding an animal at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code, may, and a law enforcement officer of a county, township, city, or village, on view or information, shall, take and confine that animal, promptly giving notice of the taking and confining of the animal to the owner or keeper, if known, and, if not known, by publishing a notice describing the animal once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, township, city, or village where the animal was found. If the owner or keeper does not appear and claim the animal and pay the compensation prescribed in section 951.13 of the Revised Code for so taking, advertising, and keeping it within ten days from the date of the notice, that person or the county shall have a lien for that compensation, and the animal may be sold at public auction as provided in section 1311.49 of the Revised Code. The residue of the proceeds of sale shall be paid and deposited by the treasurer in the general fund of the county.  The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 951.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays|Section 951.12 | Unavoidable Escapes.

Effective: September 23, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly|If it is proven that an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code escaped from its owner or keeper without the owner's or keeper's knowledge or fault, the animal shall be returned to its owner or keeper upon payment of the compensation prescribed in section 951.13 of the Revised Code for its taking, advertising, and keeping.
Ohio Rev Code § 951.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays|Section 951.13 | Fees.

Effective: March 28, 2017|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly|The person or county, township, city, or village whose law enforcement officer takes an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code is entitled to receive from the owner or keeper of the animal the following compensation:(A) For taking and advertising each animal, five dollars;(B) Reasonable expenses actually incurred for keeping each animal.Compensation for taking, advertising, and keeping a single herd or flock shall not exceed fifty dollars when the flock or herd belongs to one person.
Ohio Rev Code § 951.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 951 | Animals Running at Large; Strays|Section 951.99 | Penalty.

Effective: September 23, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly|Whoever recklessly violates section 951.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.21 | Rendering Plant Definitions.

Effective: July 17, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|As used in this chapter: (A) "Animal" means any animal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead.(B) "Licensee" means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter.(C) "Loading platform" means any place operated by a licensee for loading dead animals, or parts thereof, onto trucks to take them to a rendering plant or composting facility.(D) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation.(E) "Raw rendering material" means any body, part of a body, or product of a body of any dead animal that is unwholesome, condemned, inedible, or otherwise unfit for human consumption.(F) "Rendering plant" means any premises where raw rendering materials are converted into fats, oils, feeds, fertilizer, and other products.(G) "Composting facility" means any premises, including structures and equipment, operating in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and used for the controlled decomposition of organic solid material, including dead animals, that stabilizes the organic fraction of the material.(H) "Conveyance" means a vehicle, trailer, or compartment.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.22 | Licensing of Rendering Operations.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|(A) No person shall engage in the business of disposing of, picking up, rendering, or collecting raw rendering material or transporting the material to a composting facility without a license to do so from the department of agriculture.(B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:(1) A farmer who slaughters the farmer's own animals, raised by the farmer on the farmer's own farm, processes the farmer's own meat therefrom, and disposes of the farmer's raw rendering material only by delivery to a person licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code;(2) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is curing hides and skins;(3) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is operating a pet cemetery;(4) A person who is conducting composting, as defined in section 939.01 of the Revised Code, in accordance with section 939.04 of the Revised Code;(5) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is trapping wild animals in accordance with a nuisance wild animal permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife in the department of natural resources under rules adopted pursuant to section 1531.08 of the Revised Code;(6) A county dog warden or animal control officer who transports raw rendering material only for disposal purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.23 | Application for License for Rendering Operations.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Application for a license shall be made to the department of agriculture on a form prescribed by the department. (B) Each application shall include all of the following:(1) The name and address of the applicant;(2) The applicant's proposed place of business;(3) A detailed statement of the method that the applicant intends to use to dispose of, pick up, render, or collect raw rendering material or to transport it to a composting facility;(4) Such other relevant information as the department may require.(C) Each applicant shall submit the annual license fee with the application.(1) The license fee for a person applying for an annual license to pick up or collect raw rendering material and dispose of the material to a licensee or in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of section 953.26 of the Revised Code, or to transport raw rendering material to a composting facility, is twenty-five dollars per conveyance that is used to pick up or collect and dispose of or to transport raw rendering material. A late fee of ten dollars per conveyance shall be charged for each application that is received after the thirtieth day of November each year.(2) The license fee for a person applying for an annual license to pick up or collect raw rendering material and to operate one or more rendering plants is three hundred dollars for each such plant. A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be charged for each application that is received after the thirtieth day of November each year.(D) On receipt of an application and fee, under this section, the department shall inspect the means of conveyance and premises that the applicant proposes to use to dispose of, collect, pick up, or render raw rendering material or to transport it to a composting facility for profit.(E) If the department finds that the applicant's means of conveyance, premises, and operation meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted thereunder, the department shall issue a license to the applicant to dispose of, pick up, render, or collect for profit raw rendering material or to transport it to a composting facility for profit.(F) Each license issued under this section shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Each person licensed under this section shall make application for renewal of the person's license no later than the thirtieth day of November of each year.(G) Application for renewal shall be in accordance with the requirements of this section for initial application for a license and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.(H) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.24 | Rendering Plant Sanitation.

Effective: October 22, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly|(A) Each rendering plant building shall:(1) Be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent materials;(2) Be maintained in a good state of repair;(3) Have an adequate water supply, and be supplied with sufficient steam and steam hose or other equipment approved by the department of agriculture to clean the floors of the plant and its trucks;(4) Have adequate drainage as determined by the department.(B) All parts of the building and all equipment shall be kept in a sanitary condition and shall be cleaned at least once each day with steam or other methods approved by the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.25 | Disposal or Rendering of Raw Rendering Material Requirements.

Effective: August 10, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 120th General Assembly|(A) In the disposal or rendering of raw rendering material, all of the following requirements shall be met:(1) All raw rendering material shall be processed or disposed of within forty-eight hours after its arrival at the rendering plant;(2) Each cooking vat or tank shall be airtight, except for proper escapes for steam;(3) Steam shall be disposed of so as to cause no nuisance;(4) All skinning and dismembering of an animal body or part thereof shall be done within a building.(B) Raw rendering material that is not disposed of to a licensee or as provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of section 953.26 of the Revised Code shall be buried at a depth of at least four feet.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.26 | Sale and Use of Raw Rendering Material.

Effective: August 10, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 73 - 120th General Assembly|(A) No raw rendering material shall be fed to an avian, equine, ovine, bovine, or porcine animal.(B) Except as provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, no raw rendering material shall be sold or offered for sale to a person who is not licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code unless the material is in a labeled wrapper or is in some other way identified or denatured in a manner approved by the department of agriculture. The label or identification shall state plainly in legible letters at least two inches high that the product is inedible and is not sold or intended for human consumption.(C) Raw rendering material may be sold or otherwise transferred to a person who operates a mink ranch, dog kennel, zoo, captive wildlife farm, or pet food manufacturing plant and who has written permission from the department to handle raw rendering material.(D) Raw rendering material may be sold or otherwise transferred to a person who operates a composting facility in accordance with rules adopted by the director of environmental protection under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.27 | Regulations to Administer Rendering Requirements.

Effective: October 22, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture may promulgate, adopt, and enforce regulations to carry out this chapter.(B) No person shall fail to comply with the regulations adopted by the department of agriculture under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.28 | Inspection of Rendering Operations.

Effective: October 22, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly|(A) Any authorized representative of the director of agriculture who has good reason to suspect that any premises or means of conveyance contains raw rendering material shall have free access to those premises or that means of conveyance at any reasonable time.(B) The department of agriculture shall inspect each place or means of conveyance licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code at least once each year and may inspect it as often as the department finds necessary. The department shall furnish a report of the findings of each inspection to the licensee.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.29 | Conveying Raw Rendering Material.

Effective: October 22, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly|(A) No raw rendering material shall be conveyed unless the means of conveyance is so constructed that no drippings or seepings can escape from such means of conveyance and the raw rendering material is covered.(B) Each means of conveyance shall be thoroughly cleaned with steam, or such other method approved by the department of agriculture, at least once each day of its use for the conveyance of raw rendering material.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.30 | Loading Platform Requirements.

Effective: October 22, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly|(A) Each loading platform shall:(1) Be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent material;(2) Have an adequate supply of water and steam or other facilities to clean floors or means of conveyance;(3) Have adequate drainage as determined by the department.(B) Each loading platform, and all equipment used therewith, shall at all times be kept in a reasonably sanitary condition.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.31 | Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal of License.

Effective: October 22, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly|The department of agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license issued under this chapter for any violation under this chapter, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 953.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 953 | Rendering Plants|Section 953.99 | Penalty.

Effective: June 20, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly|Whoever violates sections 953.21 to 953.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree; on each subsequent violation, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 955.013 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 955 | Dogs|Section 955.013 | Registration of Dogs and Kennels via Internet.

Effective: November 5, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "financial transaction device" has the same meaning as in section 301.28 of the Revised Code.(B) A county auditor may establish procedures and take actions that are necessary to allow for either or both of the following:(1) The registration of dogs and kennels under this chapter via the internet;(2) The payment of dog and kennel registration fees under this chapter by financial transaction devices, including payment by financial transaction devices via the internet.
Ohio Rev Code § 955.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 955 | Dogs|Section 955.02 | Definition of "Dog Kennel" or "Kennel".

Effective: March 13, 2013|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 130 - 129th General Assembly|As used in this chapter, "dog kennel" or "kennel" means an establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains adult dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of breeding the dogs for a fee or other consideration received through a sale, exchange, or lease and that is not a high volume breeder licensed under Chapter 956. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 955.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 955 | Dogs|Section 955.03 | Dogs Are Personal Property.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any dog which has been registered under sections 955.01 and 955.04 of the Revised Code and any dog not required to be registered under such sections shall be considered as personal property and have all the rights and privileges and be subject to like restraints as other livestock. Last updated January 6, 2022 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 955.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 955 | Dogs|Section 955.04 | Kennel Registration.

Effective: June 1, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly|Every owner of a kennel of dogs shall, in like manner as provided in section 955.01 of the Revised Code, make application for the registration of such kennel, and pay to the county auditor a registration fee of ten dollars for each such kennel, unless a greater fee has been established under section 955.14 of the Revised Code. If such application is not filed and the fee paid, on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year, the auditor shall assess a penalty in an amount equal to the registration fee upon the owner of such kennel. The payment of such kennel registration fee shall entitle the licensee to not more than five tags, to bear consecutive numbers and to be issued in like manner and have like effect when worn by any dog owned in good faith by such licensee as the tags provided for in section 955.08 of the Revised Code. Upon application to the county auditor, additional tags, in excess of the five tags, may be issued upon payment of an additional fee of one dollar per tag.
Ohio Rev Code § 955.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 955 | Dogs|Section 955.05 | Registration of Dog or Dog Kennel During Year.

Effective: September 15, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|After the thirty-first day of January of any year, except as otherwise provided in section 955.012 or 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person, immediately upon becoming the owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog more than three months of age or brought from outside the state during any year, shall file like applications, with fees, as required by section 955.01 of the Revised Code, for registration for a period of one year or three years or an application for permanent registration. If the application is not filed and the fee paid, within thirty days after the dog is acquired, becomes three months of age, or is brought from outside the state, the auditor shall assess a penalty in an amount equal to the registration fee for one year upon the owner, keeper, or harborer, which shall be paid with the registration fee. Thereafter, the owner, keeper, or harborer shall register the dog as provided in section 955.01 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Every person becoming the owner of a kennel of dogs after the thirty-first day of January of any year shall file like applications, with fees, as required by section 955.04 of the Revised Code, for the registration of such kennel for the current calendar year. If such application is not filed and the fee paid within thirty days after the person becomes the owner of such kennel, the auditor shall assess a penalty in an amount equal to the registration fee upon the owner of such kennel.