§ 14-6. Preventing capture.  


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  • Under this chapter it shall be unlawful for a person to intentionally or knowingly:

    (1)

    Refuse to surrender any animal subject to capture owned or possessed by him upon demand of an officer of the animal control division or police department;

    (2)

    Interfere with an officer of the animal control division or police department attempting to capture or who has captured any animal subject to capture and such interference permits the animal to escape capture; or

    (3)

    Refuse to deliver an animal subject to capture owned or possessed by him to a licensed veterinarian for observation or treatment upon demand of an officer of the animal control division or police department.

(Code 1967, § 5-3; Ord. No. 2566, § 2, 10-26-78)