Harford County prohibits any dog from being at large: off the owner's property it must be leashed or under command control. Maryland makes an owner strictly liable for injury caused by a dog running at large, and every dog needs a current county license tag.
Harford County Animal Control, run under the Sheriff's Office, enforces the county's at-large rule: no owner may permit a dog to be at large, meaning off the owner's property or in the traveled portion of a public road while unleashed and not obedient to command. Dogs found at large without a current Harford County license tag are impounded at the Humane Society for at least 96 hours. Above the local rule, Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings Section 3-1901(c) makes an owner strictly liable for injury, death, or property loss caused by a dog while it is running at large, with narrow exceptions for trespassers and provocation.
A dog at large is impounded and the owner fined; unclaimed dogs become Humane Society property after 96 hours. Under Section 3-1901(c) the owner is strictly liable for harm the loose dog causes.
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