8.04.370 - Unlawful for any person to fail to notify health officer of the city, his deputies or chief animal control officer or his deputies regarding rabid dog.

It is unlawful for any person having knowledge of the whereabouts of an animal known to have or suspected of having rabies or has shown symptoms of rabies to fail, refuse or neglect to immediately notify the health officer of the city or his deputies or the chief animal control officer or his deputies, or to fail, refuse or neglect to allow the health officer or his deputies or the chief animal control officer or his deputies to make an inspection or examination of such animal until it shall be established to the satisfaction of said official that such animal has or has not rabies. The health officer or his deputies or the chief animal control officer or his deputies shall likewise be notified of any person bitten by an animal of a species subject to rabies, whether or not the animal is suspected of having rabies.

(Ord. 255 §1(part), 1978).