{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22-327","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-327","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) “Animal” means any brute creature, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, birds and reptiles;\n(2) “Chief Animal Control Officer”, “Assistant Chief Animal Control Officer” and “animal control officer” mean, respectively, the Chief State Animal Control Officer, the Assistant Chief State Animal Control Officer and a state animal control officer appointed under section 22-328;\n(3) “Commercial kennel” means a place maintained for boarding or grooming dogs or cats, and includes, but is not limited to, any veterinary hospital which boards or grooms dogs or cats for nonmedical purposes;\n(4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture;\n(5) “Grooming facility” means any place, including any vehicle or trailer, that is maintained as a business where dogs are groomed;\n(6) “Keeper” means any person, other than the owner, harboring or having in his possession any dog;\n(7) “Kennel” means one pack or collection of dogs which are kept under one ownership at a single location and are bred for show, sport or sale;\n(8) “Municipal animal control officer” means any such officer appointed under the provisions of section 22-331;\n(9) “Pet shop” means any place at which animals not born and raised on the premises are kept for the purpose of sale to the public;\n(10) “Poultry” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-326s;\n(11) “Training facility” means any place that is maintained as a business where dogs are trained;\n(12) “Service animal” has the same meaning as provided in 28 CFR 35.104 and includes any animal in training to become a service animal.","path":["TITLE 22. AGRICULTURE. DOMESTIC ANIMALS","CHAPTER 435*. DOGS AND OTHER COMPANION ANIMALS. KENNELS AND PET SHOPS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_435.htm#sec_22-327","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:07Z","sha256":"046d8c8ac19f1785d05a5a59608d2f2d6fc17cd43475f427d97acd1606127f8d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22-326t","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22-328"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}