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Title 10 : Animal Control
Chapter 2 : Dogs And Cats

10-209 : Use of dog as a weapon.

  1. It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, possesses or has direct or indirect control of a dog within the city limits of Newport to permit, encourage, incite, command or direct said animal to challenge, threaten, charge, assault, or do injury to any person upon the streets and thoroughfares or public lands of Newport or upon the premises of said owner, possessor or controller except as would otherwise be permissible under Tennessee statutes as they relate to the justifiable use of deadly physical force.
  2. The penalty for using a dog as a weapon shall be no less than nor more than , if no physical contact between animal and "victim" occurs, otherwise the penalty shall be a fine of no less than nor more than and the city judge (municipal judge) may order the confiscation and destruction of the animal. (Ord. #93-5, June 1993)