2022 Indiana Code
Title 15. Agriculture and Animals
Article 21. Commercial Dog Breeder Regulation
Chapter 1. Application and Definitions
15-21-1-1. Application
Sec. 1. (a) This article does not apply to:
(1) an animal shelter;
(2) a humane society;
(3) an animal rescue operation;
(4) a hobby breeder;
(5) a person who breeds at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the person's dogs as sport dogs for hunting purposes; or
(6) a person who breeds at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the person's dogs as service dogs or as dogs for use by the police or the armed forces.
(b) As used in this section, "animal rescue operation" means a person or organization:
(1) that accepts within one (1) year:
(A) more than twelve (12) dogs; or
(B) more than nine (9) dogs and more than three (3) unweaned litters of puppies;
that are available for adoption for human companionship as pets or as companion animals in permanent adoptive homes and that are maintained in a private residential dwelling; or
(2) that uses a system of private residential dwellings as foster homes for the dogs.
The term does not include a person or organization that breeds dogs.
(c) As used in this section, "hobby breeder" means a person who maintains fewer than twenty (20) unaltered female dogs that are at least twelve (12) months of age.
As added by P.L.111-2009, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-2010, SEC.66.
