Connecticut § 22-367 - General penalty. Enforcement.

§ 22-367. General penalty. Enforcement.

Sec. 22-367. General penalty. Enforcement. Any person owning, keeping or harboring a dog or cat or maintaining a local kennel or commercial kennel who violates any provision of this chapter for the violation of which no other penalty is provided, or any regulation legally made and published shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. No commercial kennel shall board any dog or cat unless the owner of the dog or cat presents a certificate of vaccination as required by this chapter. The Chief Animal Control Officer, any animal control officer and any municipal or regional control officer shall diligently inquire after, and prosecute for, any violation of any provision of this chapter.

(1949 Rev., S. 3414; 1953, S. 1852d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 22; 1963, P.A. 613, S. 33; 1969, P.A. 81, S. 4; P.A. 91-46, S. 8, 12; 91-59, S. 20; 91-131, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-12, S. 18, 22; P.A. 00-88, S. 2; P.A. 23-17, S. 10; P.A. 24-69, S. 2.)

History: 1961 act deleted prosecuting grand jurors from list of those who prosecute violations; 1963 act imposed minimum fine of $25 and raised maximum fine from $25 to $50 and included state warden, deputy state and regional wardens among those who prosecute violations; 1969 act replaced references to wardens with references to canine control officers as necessary; P.A. 91-46 included reference to vaccinations of cats and added a requirement that commercial kennels insure that boarded cats have certificates of vaccination; P.A. 91-59 replaced references to “warden” and “regional canine control officer” with references to “municipal animal control officer” and “regional animal control officer”; P.A. 91-131 added commercial kennels to the scope of violators liable under this section and added a requirement that a certificate of vaccination be presented for the boarding of a dog at a commercial kennel; P.A. 98-12 changed “canine control officer” to “animal control officer”, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-88 increased the fine from a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $50 to a fine of $250 and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 23-17 added reference to breeding kennels, deleted reference to regulations made for restraining or destroying cats or dogs, deleted references to constables, municipal or regional animal control officers, added reference to any animal control officers and any municipal or regional animal control officers and deleted provision re commissioner's response to complaints of dilatory or negligent officers, effective June 7, 2023; P.A. 24-69 changed reference from “breeding kennel” to “local kennel”, effective May 30, 2024.