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HB 1894 Dog previously found dangerous; owner's failure to comply, disposition of dog.

Introduced by: Michael J. Webert | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Dog previously found dangerous; owner's failure to comply; disposition of dog. Directs a court to consider other options for disposition of a dangerous dog after its owner is found to have willfully failed to comply with certain requirements regarding the registration and keeping of the dangerous dog. The bill directs a court, after it has determined the owner's failure to comply, to order the dog disposed of by adoption or euthanasia, but only after the court has found that none of the following options for disposition of the dog is appropriate: (i) the allowance of as much as 30 days to comply with the law, an option existing under current law; (ii) the transfer of the dog to another owner; or (iii) the removal of the dog to another state not bordering Virginia, with a ban on its return. If a dog that has been ordered removed is later found in Virginia, the bill requires the court to order it euthanized immediately. The bill also provides that the new options be available to dangerous dogs that are subject on July 1, 2019, to euthanasia orders.


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