Vicious dog law exemption
(510 ILCS 5/) Animal Control Act.
(510 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 8, par. 365)
"Guide dogs for the blind or hearing impaired, support dogs for the physically handicapped, and sentry, guard, or police?owned dogs are exempt from this Section; provided, an attack or injury to a person occurs while the dog is performing duties as expected. To qualify for exemption under this Section, each such dog shall be currently inoculated against rabies in accordance with Section 8 of this Act. It shall be the duty of the owner of such exempted dog to notify the Administrator of changes of address. In the case of a sentry or guard dog, the owner shall keep the Administrator advised of the location where such dog will be stationed. The Administrator shall provide police and fire departments with a categorized list of such exempted dogs, and shall promptly notify such departments of any address changes reported to him."
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