A. Reporting Required. Any person having knowledge of the presence or whereabouts of an animal known to have been exposed to or reasonably suspected of having rabies and any person having knowledge of an animal or person bitten by a wild or domestic carnivorous mammal or bat shall report such knowledge and all pertinent information available to the division and/or the health department. Any person having custody of such animal shall confine the animal pending direction from the division or health department.

B. Interference Prohibited. It is unlawful under this title for any person having knowledge of the presence or whereabouts of an animal known to have been exposed to, or reasonably suspected of having, rabies; or of an animal or person bitten by such an animal; to harbor, protect, or otherwise interfere with the apprehension or identification of said animal or persons by wilfully withholding such knowledge from an animal control officer, peace officer, or any other officer of the health department or the Utah State Department of Health.

C. Failure to Surrender. It is a violation of this title for an owner, or other person having the care, custody and control, of an animal known, suspected, or deemed to have been exposed to rabies as set forth above in this section to fail to surrender said animal immediately upon demand by any peace officer, animal control officer or officer of the city, the division, the health department or the Utah State Department of Health. (Ord. 2018-06 § 1 (Exh. A (part)); Ord. 2012-12 § 2 (Exh. A (part)))