(A) The animal control officer is hereby empowered to enforce all provisions of this chapter and all laws of the state of Nevada relating to the care, treatment, control, regulations and impounding of animals. The animal control officer is further empowered to take up, impound and safely keep any animal found to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(B) The animal control officer shall keep a true and complete record of the number and description of all animals taken into his custody, with the date of their receipt, and the date and manner of their disposal, with the fees and charges collected on account of the animals and the disposition thereof. He shall also provide necessary subsistence of all animals while in his custody.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere or attempt to interfere with the animal control officer in the performance of any duty imposed by the provisions of this chapter and every person who shall unlawfully take or attempt to take any dog seized, pursuant to the provisions hereof, from the custody of the animal control officer, and every person who shall remove or attempt to remove from the city animal shelter any animal impounded therein, without having first redeemed the same as provided or obtained permission from the animal control officer to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided by this chapter. (Ord. 158, 5-11-1988, eff. 5-18-1988)