2012 New York Consolidated Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 10 - (200 - 209-Z) FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN
209-CC - Notification of presence of wild animals and dangerous dogs.

 
    § 209-cc. Notification of presence of wild animals and dangerous dogs.
  1.  The  knowledge  of  the  presence  of  dangerous  wild  animals, and
  dangerous dogs, in the  context  of  emergency  services  responses,  is
  necessary  to protect public safety and the safety of emergency services
  personnel.
    2. As used in this section:
    (a) the term "emergency services personnel" means  fire,  police,  and
  ambulance personnel.
    (b)  the term "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
  association, or other entity.
    (c) the term "wild animal" means any or all of  the  following  orders
  and families:
    (1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians;
    (2) Felidae (with the exception of domesticated cats);
    (3) Canidae (with the exception of domesticated dogs);
    (4) Ursidae;
    (5)  All  venomous  snakes and all constrictors and python snakes that
  are ten feet or greater in length; and
    (6) Crocodilia that are five feet or greater in length.
    (d) the term "dangerous dog" means a dog found dangerous  pursuant  to
  the  provisions  of  section one hundred twenty-three of the agriculture
  and markets law.
    3. The state fire administrator, in consultation with  the  department
  of  environmental conservation, shall develop and maintain a list of the
  common names of wild animals to be reported.
    4. Except  for  pet  dealers  as  defined  in  section  seven  hundred
  fifty-two-a  of  the  general business law and zoological facilities and
  other exhibitors licensed pursuant to title 7 U.S.C. sections  2133  and
  2134,   and   in   the  case  of  dangerous  dogs  except  for  licensed
  veterinarians in temporary possession of such dogs, every person owning,
  possessing, or harboring a wild animal or a dangerous  dog  within  this
  state  shall report the presence thereof to the clerk of the city, town,
  or village in  which  such  wild  animal  or  dangerous  dog  is  owned,
  possessed, or harbored. Such report shall be filed annually on a date to
  be  determined  by the state fire administrator in the manner prescribed
  by the state fire administrator. A separate report shall  be  filed  for
  each  street  address at which any such wild animal or dangerous dog may
  be found.
    5. Such clerk shall forward a copy of such report to each state police
  troop, county sheriff, and municipal police agency  having  jurisdiction
  over  the  location of such wild animal or dangerous dog. A copy thereof
  shall also be forwarded to each fire department,  fire  corporation,  or
  fire  company  serving  such location and to each ambulance or emergency
  medical service  department,  ambulance  corporation,  or  ambulance  or
  emergency  medical  service  company  serving  such location. In lieu of
  forwarding a copy of each report, the clerk may compile the contents  of
  the several reports, and forward the compilation.
    6.  Any  person  who  fails to report the presence of a wild animal or
  dangerous dog as required in this section shall be subject  to  a  civil
  penalty  of  not  more  than  two  hundred  fifty  dollars for the first
  offense, and upon being found guilty of a second or subsequent  offense,
  by  a  civil  penalty of not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more
  than one thousand dollars. Except as otherwise provided by law,  such  a
  violation  shall  not  be  a crime and the penalty or punishment imposed
  therefor shall not be deemed for  any  purpose  a  criminal  penalty  or
  punishment  and shall not impose any disability upon or affect or impair
  the credibility as a witness, or otherwise, of  a  person  found  guilty
  thereof.