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Town of Cumberland, RI
Providence County
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[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 12]
No dog over six months old shall be permitted within the Town limits unless such dog shall have been vaccinated or immunized in the manner set forth in § 4-92 within a period of 12 months, if such dog shall have been vaccinated or immunized with the one-year vaccine, or within a period of 36 months, if such dog shall have been vaccinated or immunized by the three-year vaccine.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 13]
The vaccination or immunization referred to in § 4-91 shall be by a vaccine approved by the state department of health and shall be certified by a licensed veterinarian. Such certificate shall be dated as of the date of inoculation or vaccination and shall show the rabies tag number, the sex and breed of the dog and the owner thereof, whether the vaccine given is the one-year vaccine or the three-year vaccine, together with such other information as may reasonably be required by the health officer of the veterinarian administering the vaccine.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 14]
No license shall be issued for any dog required to be licensed in the Town unless the person making application therefor shall first present to the police department or other person duly authorized to issue such license a current certificate of vaccination or inoculation, as provided in § 4-92, for the dog for which such license is requested. Such certificate shall certify that the dog for which the license is to be issued has been properly vaccinated or inoculated in accordance with this division. Public clinics providing inoculations at a nominal charge shall be made available twice a year by the Chief of Police.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 15]
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor within the Town any dog over six months old, unless such dog shall have been vaccinated or inoculated in accordance with this division.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 16]
(a) 
Any dog over six months old found within the limits of the Town without evidence that such dog has been vaccinated or inoculated in accordance with this division shall be impounded by any regular police officer or other authorized person for a period not exceeding 15 days, during which time such dog may be returned to its owner upon proof of ownership, vaccination of the dog and payment by such owner of the fees provided in § 4-70.
(b) 
At the expiration of the fifteen-day period mentioned in Subsection (a) of this section, any dog not so claimed by its owner may be disposed of in accordance with § 4-69.