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#PA - Dog Law - Chapter 8. Dogs (consolidated dog laws)

Popular Title: Dog Law Primary Citation: 3 P.S. § 459-101 - 1205; 3 P.S. § 501, 531 - 532, 550 - 551; 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2381 - 2386; 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 2941 - 2945 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: November, 2014

These statutes represent Pennsylvania's Dog Law, and contain provisions related to licensing, rabies quarantines, kennels, and the dangerous dog chapter. The significant features of the law include a statewide control requirement for dogs (Section 305) and provisions for "dangerous dogs" (Section 501 et. seq.). Under the latter, any person may kill any dog which he sees in the act of pursuing or wounding or killing any domestic animal, including household pets, or pursuing, wounding or attacking human beings, whether or not such a dog bears a required license tag. There is no liability on such persons in damages or otherwise for such killing.

Dogs Worrying Sheep:

Noise Pollution:

Municipal Powers:

Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations - Part III. Cities of the Second Class - Chapter 54. Municipal Powers in General

Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations - Part IX. Townships of the First Class - Chapter 131. First Class Township Code - Article XV. Corporate Powers

Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations - Part X. Townships of the Second Class - Chapter 141. Second Class Township Code - Article XV. Corporate Powers

Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations - Part V. Cities of the Third Class - Chapter 81. The Third Class City Code - Article XXIV. Corporate Powers

Fish and Wildlife Laws Related to Dogs:

Title 34 Pa.C.S.A. Game. Chapter 23. Hunting and Furtaking. Subchapter E. Dogs Pursuing Game or Wildlife.