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SECTION 4-22-2

   § 4-22-2  Definitions. – For the purposes of this chapter:

   (a) "At-large" means: (1) On the premises of a person otherthan an owner of the cat, without the consent of an occupant or owner of suchpremises, or (2) on a public street or highway, on public or private schoolgrounds, or in any other public place, except when under the physical controlof an owner.

   (b) "Roaming cat" means any homeless socialized cat or anystray socialized cat.

   (c) "Feral cat" means any wild, unsocialized or untamed cat.

   (d) "Identification" means: a traceable form ofidentification such as (1) a collar and a flat or hanging tag worn by a catwhich includes the current name, address and telephone number of the owner, or(2) a rabies vaccination tax, or (3) an ear tag issued by a licensedveterinarian or by a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound, or(4) a registered microchip which is used in conjunction with a visible collarand tag or in conjunction with a faceted, reflective ear stud, or (5) a tagfrom a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound, or (6) a tattooregistered with the National Dog Registry or other similar national tattooservice, or (7) a cat license issued by a Rhode Island city or town, or (8) acollar incorporating embroidery as a type of information labeling rather than ahanging or flat tag or (9) in the case of feral cats, a tipped or notched earin conjunction with a microchip or any of the above other forms ofidentification. The intent is to allow flexibility in the types ofidentification available for cats and to incorporate other types of catidentification in the future as they are developed.

   (e) "Impounded cat" means any cat released to or under thecustody of or control of a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound.

   (f) "Owner" means (1) any person who keeps, has permanentcustody, owns, maintains, harbors, provides care or sustenance for, has controlor charge of or responsibility for a cat or who permits a cat to habitually beor remain on or be lodged or fed within such person's property or premises, and(2) any refusal to permit any animal control officer to impound such cat shallbe deemed evidence of ownership unless ownership of the cat by another party isestablished.

   (g) "Person" means an individual, firm, jointstock company,partnership, association, private, or municipal corporation, state, commission,political subdivision, a state, any interstate body or the federal governmentor any agency or subdivision thereof.

   (h) "Guardian" shall mean a person(s) having the same rightsand responsibilities of an owner, and both terms shall be used interchangeably.A guardian shall also mean a person who possesses, has title to or an interestin, harbors or has control, custody or possession of an animal and who isresponsible for an animal's safety and well being.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-4 > Chapter-4-22 > 4-22-2

SECTION 4-22-2

   § 4-22-2  Definitions. – For the purposes of this chapter:

   (a) "At-large" means: (1) On the premises of a person otherthan an owner of the cat, without the consent of an occupant or owner of suchpremises, or (2) on a public street or highway, on public or private schoolgrounds, or in any other public place, except when under the physical controlof an owner.

   (b) "Roaming cat" means any homeless socialized cat or anystray socialized cat.

   (c) "Feral cat" means any wild, unsocialized or untamed cat.

   (d) "Identification" means: a traceable form ofidentification such as (1) a collar and a flat or hanging tag worn by a catwhich includes the current name, address and telephone number of the owner, or(2) a rabies vaccination tax, or (3) an ear tag issued by a licensedveterinarian or by a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound, or(4) a registered microchip which is used in conjunction with a visible collarand tag or in conjunction with a faceted, reflective ear stud, or (5) a tagfrom a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound, or (6) a tattooregistered with the National Dog Registry or other similar national tattooservice, or (7) a cat license issued by a Rhode Island city or town, or (8) acollar incorporating embroidery as a type of information labeling rather than ahanging or flat tag or (9) in the case of feral cats, a tipped or notched earin conjunction with a microchip or any of the above other forms ofidentification. The intent is to allow flexibility in the types ofidentification available for cats and to incorporate other types of catidentification in the future as they are developed.

   (e) "Impounded cat" means any cat released to or under thecustody of or control of a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound.

   (f) "Owner" means (1) any person who keeps, has permanentcustody, owns, maintains, harbors, provides care or sustenance for, has controlor charge of or responsibility for a cat or who permits a cat to habitually beor remain on or be lodged or fed within such person's property or premises, and(2) any refusal to permit any animal control officer to impound such cat shallbe deemed evidence of ownership unless ownership of the cat by another party isestablished.

   (g) "Person" means an individual, firm, jointstock company,partnership, association, private, or municipal corporation, state, commission,political subdivision, a state, any interstate body or the federal governmentor any agency or subdivision thereof.

   (h) "Guardian" shall mean a person(s) having the same rightsand responsibilities of an owner, and both terms shall be used interchangeably.A guardian shall also mean a person who possesses, has title to or an interestin, harbors or has control, custody or possession of an animal and who isresponsible for an animal's safety and well being.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-4 > Chapter-4-22 > 4-22-2

SECTION 4-22-2

   § 4-22-2  Definitions. – For the purposes of this chapter:

   (a) "At-large" means: (1) On the premises of a person otherthan an owner of the cat, without the consent of an occupant or owner of suchpremises, or (2) on a public street or highway, on public or private schoolgrounds, or in any other public place, except when under the physical controlof an owner.

   (b) "Roaming cat" means any homeless socialized cat or anystray socialized cat.

   (c) "Feral cat" means any wild, unsocialized or untamed cat.

   (d) "Identification" means: a traceable form ofidentification such as (1) a collar and a flat or hanging tag worn by a catwhich includes the current name, address and telephone number of the owner, or(2) a rabies vaccination tax, or (3) an ear tag issued by a licensedveterinarian or by a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound, or(4) a registered microchip which is used in conjunction with a visible collarand tag or in conjunction with a faceted, reflective ear stud, or (5) a tagfrom a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound, or (6) a tattooregistered with the National Dog Registry or other similar national tattooservice, or (7) a cat license issued by a Rhode Island city or town, or (8) acollar incorporating embroidery as a type of information labeling rather than ahanging or flat tag or (9) in the case of feral cats, a tipped or notched earin conjunction with a microchip or any of the above other forms ofidentification. The intent is to allow flexibility in the types ofidentification available for cats and to incorporate other types of catidentification in the future as they are developed.

   (e) "Impounded cat" means any cat released to or under thecustody of or control of a licensed animal shelter or licensed municipal pound.

   (f) "Owner" means (1) any person who keeps, has permanentcustody, owns, maintains, harbors, provides care or sustenance for, has controlor charge of or responsibility for a cat or who permits a cat to habitually beor remain on or be lodged or fed within such person's property or premises, and(2) any refusal to permit any animal control officer to impound such cat shallbe deemed evidence of ownership unless ownership of the cat by another party isestablished.

   (g) "Person" means an individual, firm, jointstock company,partnership, association, private, or municipal corporation, state, commission,political subdivision, a state, any interstate body or the federal governmentor any agency or subdivision thereof.

   (h) "Guardian" shall mean a person(s) having the same rightsand responsibilities of an owner, and both terms shall be used interchangeably.A guardian shall also mean a person who possesses, has title to or an interestin, harbors or has control, custody or possession of an animal and who isresponsible for an animal's safety and well being.