Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 11 > Chapter 7 > Article 6 - Animal Control

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Animal: means any animal of a species that is susceptible to rabies, except man. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• At large: means being neither confined by an enclosure nor physically restrained by a leash. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County board of health: means the duly constituted board of health of each county. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• County enforcement agent: means that person in each county who is responsible for enforcing this article and the rules adopted under this article. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• County pound: means any establishment that is authorized by the county board of supervisors to confine, maintain, safekeep and control dogs and other animals that come into the custody of the county enforcement agent in the performance of the county enforcement agent's official duties. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Impound: means the act of taking or receiving into custody by the county enforcement agent any dog or other animal for the purpose of confinement in a county pound in accordance with this article. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Kennel: means an enclosed, controlled area, inaccessible to other animals, in which a person keeps, harbors or maintains five or more dogs under controlled conditions. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Livestock: means neat animals, horses, sheep, goats, swine, mules and asses. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Peace officers: means sheriffs of counties, constables, marshals, policemen of cities and towns, commissioned personnel of the department of public safety, personnel who are employed by the state department of corrections and the department of juvenile corrections and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a multicounty water conservation district and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by community college district governing boards and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the Arizona board of regents and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the governing body of a public airport pursuant to section 28-8426 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a private postsecondary institution pursuant to section 15-1897 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board and special agents from the office of the attorney general, or of a county attorney, and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Rabies quarantine area: means any area in which a state of emergency has been declared to exist due to the occurrence of rabies in animals in or adjacent to this area. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Stray dog: means any dog three months of age or older running at large that is not wearing a valid license tag or microchipped. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Vaccination: means the administration of an antirabies vaccine to animals by a veterinarian or by a rabies vaccinator who is certified pursuant to Section 32-2240. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Veterinary hospital: means any establishment that is operated by a veterinarian licensed to practice in this state and that provides clinical facilities and houses animals or birds for dental, medical or surgical treatment. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Vicious animal: means any animal of the order carnivora that has a propensity to attack, to cause injury to or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings without provocation or that has been so declared after a hearing before a justice of the peace or a city magistrate. See Arizona Laws 11-1001
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215