2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 959 | Offenses Relating to Domestic Animals
Section 959.01 | Abandoning Animals.

Universal Citation:
OH Rev Code § 959.01 (2025)
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Effective: October 1, 1953

Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal, shall abandon such animal.

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