Legal Documents of Newport

For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed by this chapter and to enforce its provisions, the animal control officer is empowered to enter upon any premises upon which an animal is kept or harbored to request the exhibition of such animal and the rabies certificate for the animal by the owner or possessor. It is further provided the animal control officer may enter the premises where any animal is kept in a reportedly cruel or inhumane manner and demand to examine such animal and to take possession of such animal, when in the officer's opinion it requires humane treatment and to keep and care for same until such time as the court makes a disposition on any charges or the animal. (Ord. #93-5, June 1993)