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Subject to the provisions of article V of this chapter relating to dogs, after a showing has been made that any animal has symptoms of rabies, it shall be unlawful for any person having care or control of such animal to refuse to deliver such animal to the county enforcement officer or his deputies.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 22; Ord. No. 4530, § 1, 6-28-76)
Biting animals shall be impounded and quarantined as set forth at A.R.S. section 24-372, as amended from time to time; and all owners of such biting animals shall be responsible for any and all applicable impoundment and boarding fees incurred in connection therewith.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 23; Ord. No. 6043, § 8, 6-25-84)
An owner or other person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of this article is committed or permitted; and, except as otherwise specified in this article, upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than four (4) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. No judge may suspend the imposition of the minimum fine prescribed herein.
In addition, the judge shall order abatement as necessary.
(Ord. No. 4530, § 2, 6-28-76; Ord. No. 6043, § 9, 6-25-84; Ord. No. 7241, § 3, 7-3-89; Ord. No. 8996, § 9, 12-8-97)
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