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Findlay tightens penalties for dogs running at large, council adopts ordinance
Summary
Findlay City Council on May 7 adopted an ordinance that raises criminal penalties for dogs that cause harm to people, domestic animals or property, moving certain violations from minor misdemeanors to fourth-degree misdemeanors and allowing broader court remedies.
Findlay City Council adopted an ordinance on May 7 amending municipal code section 505.01 to increase penalties for dogs running at large when the animal causes harm to people, domestic animals or personal property.
The measure, Ordinance 2025-040, keeps a minor-misdemeanor response for routine first-time escapes but makes a dog-causing-harm incident a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The change also allows a court to…
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