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2022 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 7 - Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs
114 - Pounds and Shelters.

Universal Citation: NY Agric & Mkts L § 114 (2022)
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§ 114. Pounds and shelters. 1. Each town and city, and each village in
  which  licenses  are  issued shall, and any other village and any county
  may, establish and maintain a pound or shelter for dogs.

2. In lieu of or in addition  to  establishing  and  maintaining  such
  pound or shelter, any town or city, or any village in which licenses are
  issued  shall,  and  any  other village and any county may, contract for
  pound or shelter services  with  any  other  municipality  or  with  any
  incorporated  humane  society  or  similar  incorporated  dog protective
  association, or with a public authority providing  shelter  services  or
  its  subsidiary that is wholly created for the sole purpose of providing
  such services, or shall establish and maintain, jointly or with  one  or
  more other municipalities, a pound or shelter.

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