Raymore, Missouri

Section 205.310 Tethering.

A. No owner, keeper, harborer, or maintainer of a dog may tether, fasten, chain, or tie a dog, or allow his/her dog to be tethered, fastened, chained, or tied to any permanent or temporary structure, any post attached to the ground or any permanent or temporary structure, or to any weight designed to restrict the dog’s freedom of movement to a limited area of space, except where:

1. The tethering, fastening, chaining, or tying of the dog to any structure, post, or weight, is temporary; and

2. The tethering, fastening, chaining, or tying of the dog to any structure, post, or weight is under supervision of the owner, keeper, harborer, or maintainer or a responsible person to whom the task of supervision is delegated.

B. The tethering, fastening, chaining, or tying of a dog to any structure or post shall be considered temporary only if the time the dog is tethered, fastened, chained, or tied to any structure, post, or weight is:

1. No more than one half (1/2) an hour at any one time; and

2. No more than a total of three (3) hours within a twenty-four (24) hour period.

C. Any violation of this Section shall be considered an act of animal neglect or abandonment under Section 205.200.