Tazewell County, IL Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

26 governs what happens after a dog or other animal bites someone, and the microchip mandate sits at the end of that process. Division (A) requires the animal be confined under a licensed veterinarian's observation for ten days, with the vet reporting the animal's clinical condition to the Administrator in writing within 24 hours and filing a final disposition report at the end of confinement; an animal not currently vaccinated against rabies must be confined at a veterinary office or county animal control rather than at home.

If the animal was vaccinated within the time the law requires, division (B) lets the Administrator approve home confinement instead, but the animal must still be examined by a licensed veterinarian at the end of the ten days. Division (C) is the microchip trigger: once that post-confinement exam is done and the animal is released, "said animal shall be microchipped at the owner's expense at the time of examination," and the owner has 72 hours to report the microchip number to the Administrator. 35(C)(2), covering dogs formally declared "dangerous," orders the dog "microchipped and spayed or neutered within 14 days at the owner's expense" as part of the determination's remedies. Outside a bite investigation or a dangerous-dog finding, Tazewell County does not require routine microchipping of pets.