Wicomico County, MD
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2023-07-06
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Division 3 The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 133 Animal Control
- Division 1 The County Charter
- Ch C County Charter
- Division 2 Municipal Charters
- Ch DC Delmar Charter
- Ch FC Fruitland Charter
- Ch HC Hebron Charter
- Ch MC Mardela Springs Charter
- Ch PC Pittsville Charter
- Ch SC Salisbury Charter
- Ch SHC Sharptown Charter
- Ch WC Willards Charter
- Division 3 The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aviation
- Ch 7 Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Bridges
- Ch 13 County Internal Auditor
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Emergency Management
- Ch 18 Compensation and Allowance Commission
- Ch 19 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Correction, Department of
- Ch 22 County Property
- Ch 27 Deeds
- Ch 29 Finance
- Ch 30 Clean Energy Loan Program
- Ch 31 Election Districts
- Ch 33 Elections
- Ch 36 Environment, Commission on
- Ch 37 Ethics Law
- Ch 39 Fire and Ambulance Companies and Rescue Squads
- Ch 41 Fire Protection
- Ch 44 Housing Authority
- Ch 46 Law Enforcement Review Board
- Ch 47 Library System
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Personnel Rules
- Ch 62 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 64 Planning Organization, Areawide
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Pocomoke River
- Ch 70 Recreation, Parks and Tourism
- Ch 72 Register of Wills
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Roads and Improvements
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 Seal
- Ch 86 Sheriff
- Ch 87 Special Benefit Districts
- Ch 88 Substance Abuse Policy
- Ch 90 Tax Exemptions
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Urban Service Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 104 Agricultural Land Preservation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 117 Building Construction
- Ch 119 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 125 Critical Area Resource Protection
- Ch 126 Forest Conservation
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 Animal Control
- Ch 133 Art I General Provisions
- § 133-1 Authority and purpose.
- § 133-2 Definitions.
- Ch 133 Art II Vaccinations and Licensing
- § 133-3 Rabies vaccination, reporting and other requirements.
- § 133-4 Dog licenses.
- Ch 133 Art III State Animal Care and Cruelty Law
- § 133-5 Abuse or neglect of animal.
- § 133-6 Prohibited conduct.
- § 133-7 Dogs outside, unattended and restrained.
- § 133-8 Dangerous dogs and potentially dangerous dogs.
- § 133-9 Care of mistreated animals.
- § 133-10 Disposal of domestic animals.
- Ch 133 Art IV Potentially Dangerous Animals and Dangerous Animals
- § 133-11 Potentially dangerous animals and dangerous animals.
- § 133-12 Appeals.
- Ch 133 Art V Tethering; Animals At-Large, On School Grounds and Public Recreation Areas
- § 133-13 Tethering.
- § 133-14 Animals at large prohibited.
- § 133-15 Animals on school grounds and public recreation areas.
- Ch 133 Art VI Impoundment, Confinement and Euthanization
- § 133-16 Impoundment and redemption provisions.
- § 133-17 Confinement and euthanization of certain animals.
- Ch 133 Art VII Public Nuisances; Adoption; Liability
- § 133-18 Nuisances.
- § 133-19 Adoption.
- § 133-20 Liability.
- Ch 133 Art VIII Animal Care
- § 133-21 Abandonment of animals.
- § 133-22 Poisoning prohibited; killing by owner.
- § 133-23 Animal care.
- Ch 133 Art IX Breeder Licenses; Sale of Puppy or Kitten; Pet Shops and Breeders
- § 133-24 Breeder licenses.
- § 133-25 Sale of puppy or kitten.
- § 133-26 Pet shops and breeders.
- Ch 133 Art X Enforcement; Animal Appeal Board
- § 133-27 Animal Appeal Board.
- § 133-28 Duties of Animal Appeal Board.
- § 133-29 Procedures on appeal.
- § 133-30 Orders by Animal Appeal Board.
- § 133-31 Interference with Animal Control Officers.
- § 133-32 Prohibited activity by Animal Control Officers.
- § 133-33 Animals used for law enforcement.
- § 133-34 Entry onto private property.
- § 133-35 Disposal of dead animals.
- Ch 133 Art XI Poultry Registration
- § 133-36 State poultry registration.
- Ch 133 Art XII Penalty and Fines
- § 133-37 Civil penalty.
- Ch 135 Drugs and Tobacco Products
- Ch 138 Electrical Standards
- Ch 140 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 141 Fees
- Ch 144 Fire Prevention
- Ch 146 Fires
- Ch 148 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 149 Floodplain Management
- Ch 151 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 153 Foxes
- Ch 156 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 158 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 160 Housing Standards
- Ch 169 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 170 Motels and Places of Amusements
- Ch 174 Nuisances
- Ch 179 Parks, Recreational Facilities and Areas
- Ch 180 Peddlers
- Ch 183 Plumbing
- Ch 186 Right to Farm
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 196 Stormwater Management
- Ch 197 Streets and Addressing System
- Ch 200 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 203 Taxation
- Ch 205 Taxicabs
- Ch 211 Trailer Camps
- Ch 213 Transient Merchants
- Ch 216 Trespass
- Ch 218 Vagrants
- Ch 221 Violations and Penalties
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A228 Acts Appearing as Footnotes in 1965 Code
- Ch A229 Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to
- Ch A230 Comparative Table of Sections
- Ch A231 Derivation Table
- Ch A232 Disposition Lists
- Ch A233 Rules of Legislative Procedure
[HISTORY: Adopted by the County Council of Wicomico County
10-16-2018 by Bill No. 2018-09[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Statutory authority – See Local Government Article of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, Title 13.
Crimes relating to animals – See Criminal Article of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, Title 10, Subtitle 6.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This bill also repealed former Ch. 133,
Dogs and Other Animals, adopted 7-21-1998 by Bill No. 1998-7, as amended.
