A police officer or ACO is authorized to seize animals under the following circumstances and impound such seized animals as provided in Section 608.14, as applicable:
(a) Any animal found in the City which is doing any of the acts enumerated in Section 608.11(a) through (c), (e), (f), and (i);
(b) All animals in the custody of persons in violation of Section 608.09 at the time of their arrest, whether physical arrest or by appearance ticket;
(c) Any animal which has attacked a person or another animal, causing serious injury or death, or any animal which, when found, is not on the premises of the owner and has attacked a person or another animal and caused an injury that is not a serious injury;
(d) An animal which:
(1) Has contracted rabies;
(2) Has been subjected to rabies;
(3) Is reasonably suspected of having rabies;
(4) Has bitten or scratched and broken the skin of a human being or another animal; or
(5) Has been attacked or bitten by another animal showing the symptoms of rabies.
(e) Any animal that appears from all of the circumstances to be abandoned, whether or not the animal appears to be in a state of good health, provided that if the animal is on private property, the seizure is under the authority of a search warrant;
(f) All animals in the custody of persons in violation of Section 608.18;
(g) An animal that is the subject of a hearing under Section 608.23.
(Ord. 02-03. Passed 5-20-03; Ord. 04-2017. Passed 5-16-17.)