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Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities
Section 65 - Regulation of dogs -- Service animals permitted.
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UT Code § 10-8-65 (2025)
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Effective 5/3/2023
10-8-65. Regulation of dogs -- Service animals permitted.
Amended by Chapter 419, 2023 General Session
10-8-65. Regulation of dogs -- Service animals permitted.
- (1) Subject to Section 18-2-101, a municipality may:
- (a) license, tax, regulate, or prohibit the keeping of dogs; and
- (b) authorize the destruction, sale, or other disposal of a dog if the dog is at large contrary to ordinance.
- (2)
- (a) As used in this Subsection (2):
- (i) "Retired service animal" means a dog that:
- (A) at one time was a service animal for the current owner; and
- (B) no longer provides service animal services for the owner because of the dog's age or other factors limiting the dog's service capability.
- (ii) "Service animal" means a dog that:
- (A) is used by a law enforcement agency;
- (B) is specially trained or is in training for law enforcement work; and
- (C) assists a law enforcement agency in the performance of law enforcement duties.
- (i) "Retired service animal" means a dog that:
- (b) If a municipality adopts a limit as to the number of dogs a person may keep, the municipality shall allow a person to keep a service animal, a retired service animal, or both in addition to that limit.
- (a) As used in this Subsection (2):
Amended by Chapter 419, 2023 General Session
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