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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. B31-6. Diseased animals.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B31-6. Diseased animals.

(a) The owner/guardian or person with the right to control any animal which he knows to be infected with any disease transmittable to humans shall not permit such animal to remain within the County other than at a veterinary hospital approved by the Health Officer, unless the Health Officer approves an alternate means of confinement.

(b) The Animal Control Officer shall seize any animal he or she believes to be infected with any disease transmittable to humans. The Animal Control Officer shall keep such animal in a safe place for a period sufficient to observe, examine and determine whether such animal is diseased. Animals found to be diseased may be destroyed. The Animal Control Officer shall comply with the impoundment procedures set forth in Chapter 2, herein.

(Ord. No. NS-300.745, § 1, 5-2-06)

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