{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-803","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 17-803","heading":"§ 17-803 Animal shelters.","body":"a. A full-service shelter shall be maintained and operated in each borough of the city of New York. At least one of the full-service shelters shall be open to the public for the purpose of receiving animals twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.\n\nb. Field services having the capacity to pick up and bring to a shelter lost, stray, homeless or injured dogs and cats from all five boroughs shall be maintained and operated seven days per week, twelve hours per day. Where public health and safety is threatened, they shall have the capacity to pick up such animals twenty-four hours per day.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 17","Chapter 8: Animal Shelters and Sterilization Act"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"518b6afbc8199d20632795e7378947902fd3cd5fda8e2b45e6bc3470bda12267","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-802","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}