2014 Iowa Code
TITLE IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE 1 - COUNTIES
CHAPTER 351 - DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS
SECTION 351.40 - Quarantine.
351.40 Quarantine.
If a local board of health believes rabies to be epidemic, or believes there is a threat of epidemic, in its jurisdiction, it may declare a quarantine in all or part of the area under its jurisdiction and such declaration shall be reported to the Iowa department of public health. During the period of quarantine, any person owning or having a dog in the person’s possession in the quarantined area shall keep such animal securely enclosed or on a leash for the duration of the quarantine period.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.40]
Referred to in §351.36, 351.42, 351.43
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