Michigan's dog law bars owners from letting a dog stray unless held on a leash. In Ann Arbor a person must physically hold the leash. Countywide animal control is run by the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
Washtenaw County does not enforce its own leash code; the governing rules are the state dog law (MCL 287.262) plus each city's or township's ordinance. Michigan requires that dogs, other than working dogs actively engaged in trained work, not stray unless held properly in leash, and female dogs in heat must be leashed off-premises. Ann Arbor police animal control requires a dog to be on a leash held by a person, or leashed to a stationary object with a person present, when in public. Loose dogs are impounded at the Humane Society of Huron Valley, 3100 Cherry Hill Road.
Impound fee is $65 per dog at the Humane Society of Huron Valley, plus a possible civil-infraction ticket depending on the violation.
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