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(A) Before a license is issued for any dog, the owner must present a vaccination certificate signed by a veterinarian stating the owner’s name and address and giving the dog’s description, date of vaccination and type, manufacturer and serial number of the vaccine used, and date revaccination is due. A duplicate of each rabies vaccination certificate issued shall be transmitted to the enforcement agent on or before the tenth day of the month following the month during which the dog was vaccinated. No dog shall be licensed unless it is vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(B) A dog vaccinated in any other state prior to entry into Arizona may be licensed in Arizona; provided that, at the time of licensing, the owner of such dog presents a vaccination certificate, signed by a veterinarian licensed to practice in that state or a veterinarian employed by a governmental agency in that state, stating the owner’s name and address and giving the dog’s description, date of vaccination and type, manufacturer and serial number of the vaccine used. The vaccination must be in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(C) The enforcement agent shall make provisions for vaccination clinics as deemed necessary. The vaccination shall be performed by a veterinarian.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-7)
(A) The enforcement agent or his or her authorized representative shall place the moneys collected by him or her under the provisions of this subchapter in a special fund to be known as the “Rabies Control Fund” to be used for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and the regulation promulgated thereunder.
(B) Any unencumbered balance remaining in the Rabies Control Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried over into the following fiscal year.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-8)
(A) For purposes of this section, AT LARGE means being neither confined by an enclosure nor physically restrained by a leash.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person having ownership, possession or control of a dog to allow the dog to run at large within the town.
(C) Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(D) Any dog at large shall be apprehended and impounded by an enforcement agent.
(1) Said agent shall have the right to enter upon private property when it is necessary to do so in order to apprehend any dog that has been running at large. Such entrance upon private property shall be in reasonable pursuit of such dog and shall not include entry into a domicile or enclosure which confines a dog unless it be at the invitation of the occupant.
(2) Said agent may issue a citation to the dog owner or person acting for the owner when the dog is at large. The procedure for the issuance of notice to appear shall be as provided for peace officers in A.R.S. § 13-3903, except the enforcement agent shall not make an arrest before issuing the notice. The issuance of citations pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to provisions of A.R.S. § 13-3899.
(3) In the judgment of the enforcement agent, if any dog at large or other animal that is dangerous or fierce and a threat to human safety cannot be safely impounded, it may be slain.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-9) (Ord. 99-07, passed - -1999) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person having ownership, possession or control of a dog within the town to allow the dog to excessively bark, howl, yelp, whine or make other unreasonable noise which disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood, family or person.
(B) Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-10) (Ord. 99-07, passed - -1999) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) An unlicensed or unvaccinated dog or cat that bites any person shall be confined and quarantined in an authorized pound or, at the expense of the owner, at a veterinary hospital for a period of not less than ten days. A dog properly licensed and vaccinated pursuant to this subchapter that bites any person may be confined and quarantined at the home of the owner or wherever the dog is harbored and maintained with the consent of and in a manner prescribed by the enforcement agent.
(B) Any animal other than a dog or cat that bites any person shall be confined and quarantined in an authorized pound or, at the expense of the owner, at a veterinary hospital for a period of not less than 14 days; provided that, livestock shall be confined and quarantined for the 14-day period in a manner regulated by the state’s Livestock Board. If the animal is a caged rodent, it may be confined and quarantined at the home of the owner or where it is harbored or maintained, for the required period of time, with the consent of an in a manner prescribed by the enforcement agent.
(C) Any wild animal which bites any person may be killed and submitted to the enforcement agent or his or her deputies for transmission to an appropriate diagnostic laboratory.
(D) Whenever an animal bites any person, the incident shall be reported to the enforcement agent immediately by any person having direct knowledge.
(E) The town enforcement agent may destroy any animal confined and quarantined pursuant to this subchapter prior to the termination of the minimum confinement period for laboratory examination for rabies if:
(1) Such animal shows clear clinical signs of rabies; and/or
(2) The owner of such animal consents to its destruction.
(F) Any animal subject to licensing under this subchapter found without a tag identifying its owner shall be deemed unowned.
(G) The enforcement agent shall destroy a vicious animal upon an order of a justice of the peace or a Town Magistrate. A Justice of the Peace or Town Magistrate may issue such an order after notice to the owner, if any, and a hearing.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-11) (Ord. 01-07, passed - -2001)
It is unlawful for any person to interfere with the enforcement agent in the performance of his or her duties.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-12) Penalty, see § 90.99
No person may remove or attempt to remove an animal which has been impounded or which is in the possession of the enforcement agent, except in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-13) Penalty, see § 90.99
It is unlawful for a person to keep, harbor or maintain a dog within the town, except as provided by the terms of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-14) Penalty, see § 90.99
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