§ 10-34. Authority of animal control officers.  


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  • Animal control officers shall have the authority provided by law (including all authority granted under G.S. 160A-186) to seize any animal, excluding cats, allowed to run at large in violation of this chapter. This shall include the authority in carrying out and performing their lawful duties, to enter upon private property, not including entry into a dwelling unit or other similar building, when the animal control officer has observed that animal running at large in violation of this chapter, and entry upon private property shall not be deemed to be a trespass.

(Prior Code, § 10-101; Code 2015, § 90.24; Ord. of 6-2-1988; Ord. of 9-27-2011)