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Tucson City Code
Chapter 4 ANIMALS AND FOWL
Article III. Diseased Animals
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| Chapter 4
ANIMALS AND FOWL
Articles:
Art. I. In General, §§ 4-1--4-20
Art. II. Livestock, Large and Dangerous Animals, §§ 4-21--4-39
Art. III. Diseased Animals, §§ 4-40--4-54
Art. IV. Fowl, §§ 4-55--4-70
Art. V. Dogs, §§ 4-71--4-103
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Article III. Diseased Animals
Sec. 4-40. Keeping diseased animals prohibited; destruction authorized.
Sec. 4-41. Diseased animals running at large prohibited; impounding or
confinement enforced.
Sec. 4-42. Animals suspected of rabies--Report required.
Sec. 4-43. Same--Refusal to deliver to enforcement officer.
Sec. 4-44. Same--Impounding biting animals; disposition.
Sec. 4-45. Violations; penalties.
Secs. 4-46--4-54. Reserved.
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ARTICLE III. DISEASED ANIMALS
Sec. 4-40. Keeping diseased animals prohibited; destruction authorized.
It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor or keep within the city any animal afflicted with any contagious or
infectious disease unless such animal is under the control of a certified veterinarian. It shall be the duty of the
county humane officer to immediately take possession of any such animal not so controlled. After confirmation of
such disease by a certified veterinarian, the humane officer shall immediately destroy the animal and dispose of
the carcass thereof, unless the owner shall forthwith place such animal under the control of a certified
veterinarian.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 20)
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Sec. 4-41. Diseased animals running at large prohibited; impounding or confinement
enforced.
(1). It is hereby declared unlawful for any animal, infected with, or suffering from, a communicable or infectious
disease such as ringworm or other disorder, to run at large or to be on public streets, alleys or other public
property; any such dog, cat or other animal shall be impounded when found in any such places or when running at
large.
(2). The expense of impounding and keeping and the procedure for keeping, disposing and returning the animal
shall be the same as is provided in A.R.S. sections 24-371, 24-372, and the other sections contained in A.R.S. title 24,
chapter 2, article 8.
(3). The owner of any such infected or diseased animal shall keep same segregated and confined and not
knowingly allow or permit it to run at large or be off the premises upon which it is customarily kept until it shall have fully
and completely recovered from the infectious disease or disorder.
(4). It shall be the duty of all police officers of the city to enforce the provisions of this section 4-41, and the county
humane officer is hereby empowered and authorized to apprehend and impound such animals.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 20a; Ord. No. 2019, §§ 1, 2, 4-18-60)
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Sec. 4-42. Animals suspected of rabies--Report required.
Subject to the provisions of article V of this chapter relating to dogs, any animal suspected of having rabies
shall immediately be reported to the county humane officer or his deputies.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 21)
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Sec. 4-43. Same--Refusal to deliver to enforcement officer.
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)
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Sec. 4-44. Same--Impounding biting animals; disposition.
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)
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Sec. 4-45. Violations; penalties.
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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Secs. 4-46--4-54. Reserved
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Please Note:
Laws are always subject to change and may not be accurately
reflected on this website, which was last updated on June 23, 2002.
The text presented here is for informational purposes only.
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timeliness of any information presented on this site.
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SOURCE: City of Tucson
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