Earlier editions: 2026-09
Dinuba Municipal Code Ch. 6.68 Quarantine of Animals
Dinuba Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Dinuba
Cite as: Dinuba Municipal Code Chapter 6.68 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 6.68.010. Required when.¶
Any animal which bites a person shall be quarantined as required by the state law.
(Ord. 670 (part), 1984; Ord. 94-8 § 2 (part), 1994)
§ 6.68.020. Suspected rabid animal – Killing prohibited pending diagnosis.¶
No animal control officer, police officer or other person shall kill, or cause to be killed, except in self-defense or defense of another person, any animal suspected of being rabid except after the animal has been placed in quarantine and the diagnosis of rabies made by a licensed veterinarian. If a veterinarian diagnoses rabies in an animal in quarantine, then the animal shall be humanely killed by a veterinarian or the contracting pounding facility.
(Ord. 670 (part), 1984; Ord. 94-8 § 2 (part), 1994)
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