Auburn requires dogs be kept under restraint in public, and Alabama law requires owners confine dogs to their premises. Ala. Code §3-1-5 orders every owner to keep dogs on their own land.
The statewide baseline is Ala. Code §3-1-5: every person owning a dog must at all times confine it to the limits of their own premises or where it is regularly kept, a duty that applies once the county commission adopts it. Auburn goes further by ordinance, requiring dogs be under restraint and barring off-leash dogs in public areas, with animal control at 334-501-3090; Opelika enforces its own leash and at-large rules. A separate statewide mandate, Ala. Code §3-7A-2, requires every dog, cat, and ferret be vaccinated against rabies by three months of age and kept current. A loose dog can be impounded, and the owner is civilly liable.
A dog running loose in violation of §3-1-5 or a city leash ordinance can be impounded and the owner fined. Failing to keep a current rabies vaccination violates §3-7A-2. The owner is civilly liable for injury a loose dog causes.
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