The following shall be unlawful.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, threaten, hinder, molest, otherwise prevent a member of the Animal Services Division from carrying out and performing their lawful duties pursuant to this chapter or other applicable law, or to seek to release any animal in the custody of the Animal Services Division except as otherwise specifically provided.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to conceal, for the purpose of evading the requirements of this chapter, any animal from the Animal Services Division.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to show proof of a rabies vaccination to any member of the Animal Services Division upon demand.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a member of the Animal Services Division, to remove any animal from a live-capture animal trap placed on private or public property by the Animal Services Division without the express authorization of a member of the Division. It shall also be unlawful for any person to damage, destroy, move, or otherwise tamper with a trap placed by the Animal Services Division on private or public property.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to surrender any stray animal to the Animal Services Division upon demand, pursuant to § 91.008.
(F) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. passed 9-18-2017; Ord. passed 11-15-2021) Penalty, see § 91.999