Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart
1.
Description.
Each uniform dangerous dog tag must meet the following
standards:
A. It must be circular in
shape and 1-1/2 inches in diameter.
B. A ring one-fourth inch in diameter must be
affixed to the top center of the dangerous dog tag, so that the dangerous dog
tag can be affixed to the dangerous dog's collar.
C. The outer edges of the circle must contain
a perfect red circle that is one-fourth inch in width.
D. An illustration of a black dog must be
shown in the center of the circle standing on its hind legs at a 45-degree
angle, with its open mouth facing the right side of the symbol.
E. The dog must appear to be in the process
of attempting to bite at a black hand and wrist that is entering the circle
from the right side and is pointed toward the dog's open mouth.
F. The hand and wrist must also protrude into
the circle one-fourth inch, with a one-sixteenth inch yellow space between the
end of the wrist and the inner edge of the red circle.
G. The dog must also be proportionately
centered in the circle and be one inch long, from the dog's extreme hind leg to
the front tip of the dog's nose.
H.
The hand and wrist must enter into the inside of the circle, from the right
side, one-fourth inch.
I. The hand
must also have all five fingers spread apart, with the palm of the hand
showing.
J. The remaining portion
of the tag must be bright yellow.
Subp. 2.
Construction, registration
number, inscription.
The uniform dangerous dog tag must be made of one-sixteenth
inch thick aluminum and shall have the dangerous dog's registration number
inscribed on the back of the tag. Each uniform dangerous dog tag must also have
the following words inscribed on or attached to the back:
"Minnesota Statutes, section
347.51,
requires that this authorized warning symbol be posted on a dangerous dog tag
and affixed to the dog's collar at all times. Minnesota Department of Public
Safety"
