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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 173 — Animals; humane officers

173.21 Holding animals for cause.

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173.21 Holding animals for cause.
(1)Grounds. A political subdivision may withhold, or direct a person contracting under s. 173.15
(1)to withhold, an animal in custody from an owner who makes an otherwise adequate claim for the animal under s. 173.23
(1)on any of the following grounds:
(a)There are reasonable grounds to believe that the owner has used the animal in a crime under s. 944.18 or ch. 951 or that the animal constitutes evidence of a crime under s. 944.18 or ch. 951 .
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