Haralson County, Georgia

Sec. 8-132. – Caring for animals; prohibited acts; violations.

(k) Any owner of a domestic animal shall confine that animal inside a building or fenced enclosure. No animal shall be tied as a permanent measure of restraint nor left unattended on chain, lead, runner, cable, rope, leash or similar tethering device in an unfenced area where people or other animals can wander into the tethered animal’s proximity. Any animal owner restraining an animal without the use of a building or fenced enclosure shall be in violation of this chapter. Animals who are tied on a chain, lead, runner, cable, rope, leash, or other similar tethering device as a temporary measure of restrain within a building or fenced enclosure shall not be tethered more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period.