2014 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 40 - ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK
Chapter 12 - Rabies Control
§ 40-12-5 Confinement of pet after attack upon person--Violation as misdemeanor.
40-12-5. Confinement of pet after attack upon person--Violation as misdemeanor. The department may serve written notice upon the owner of any dog or cat which has attacked or bitten a person to confine the animal at the owner's expense upon his premises or at a city pound or other place designated in the notice for a period of at least ten days after the animal has attacked or bitten any person. The department may examine the animal at any time within the ten-day period of confinement to determine whether such animal shows symptoms of rabies. In the case of any pet other than a dog or cat, which has attacked or bitten a person, the department may serve written notice upon the owner of such animal that the owner shall have the animal euthanized immediately and submit the brain to an approved laboratory for rabies examination. Any owner who fails to comply with a written notice served pursuant to this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1988, ch 324, § 2; SL 1990, ch 325, § 211.
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