Dog Licenses  
Leash Laws  
Liability for Dog Bites  
Injuring or Killing Livestock  
Rabid Dogs  
Shipping Your Dog by Public Carrier  
Cruelty to Animals  
Breeding Fees  
Leases and Dogs  
Ownership  
Warranty of Quality  
Puppies and Registration  

LEASH LAWS

While many communities have laws requiring dogs to be on the leash when taken out, they are not strictly enforced. Very often this laxity in enforcing the leash law is due to the fact that there is no "pound" or place to keep any dogs picked up when off the leash. The authorities will, however, pick up and find some place to keep a dog that is off the leash, providing a complaint is filed. Thus, the local authorities shift the onus of impounding a taxpayer's errant dog onto his neighbor, even though their dog laws state that dogs must be kept on the leash. If your dog is running off the leash and annoying your neighbor, then the neighbor must go before a judge and file a complaint. Then he might get what the lawyers call an abatement—a cessation of the nuisance—and the dog will be picked up and impounded.