Legal Documents of Rockford

Code of Rockford

Rockford
Title 10 : Animal Control
Chapter 2 : Vicious Dogs And Cats

10-201 : Definition.

Vicious dogs and cats means:

  1. Any dog or cat with the known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack without provocation, to cause injury, or threaten the safety of human beings or other domestic animal; or
  2. Any dog or cat which, without provocation, has attacked, or bitten, or scratched a human being or domestic animal; or
  3. Any dog or cat owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of animal fighting or to be used in and for training for animal fighting. (as added by Ord. #010809, Feb. 2009)
Date Last Updated: 01/10/2013
Codification Date: 05/01/2003

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Carl Koella, III
Vice Mayor - Sandra L. Hitson
Commissioner - Jennifer L. Brown
City Manager/Recorder - Terry Willett
Attorney - David T. Black