Iowa § 351.39 Confinement

Iowa Statutes

§ 351.39 — Confinement

Iowa § 351.39

Title IXLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 351DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS

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Bluebook

Iowa Code § 351.39 (2026).

Text

If a local board of health receives information that an animal has bitten a person or that
a dog or animal is suspected of having rabies, the board shall order the owner to confine
such animal in the manner it directs. If the owner fails to confine such animal in the manner
directed, the animal shall be apprehended and impounded by such board, and after ten days
the board may humanely destroy the animal. If such animal is returned to its owner, the
owner shall pay the cost of impoundment. This section shall not apply if a police service dog
or a horse used by a law enforcement agency and acting in the performance of its duties has
bitten a person.

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If a local board of health receives information that an animal has bitten a person or that
a dog or animal is suspected of having rabies, the board shall order the owner to confine
such animal in the manner it directs. If the owner fails to confine such animal in the manner
directed, the animal shall be apprehended and impounded by such board, and after ten days
the board may humanely destroy the animal. If such animal is returned to its owner, the
owner shall pay the cost of impoundment. This section shall not apply if a police service dog
or a horse used by a law enforcement agency and acting in the performance of its duties has
bitten a person.