Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 805 Protection of Sheriff Canine Units

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously torture, tease, torment, beat, kick, strike, mutilate, injure, stab, choke, cut, arouse, anger, excite, give command to, feed, disable, kill or to interfere with or meddle with any dog while it is being engaged, kennelled, transported, exhibited, exercised, or used in the discharging or attempting to discharge any lawful duty or function or power of office by the Sheriff of Sutter County, his representative, or any duly sworn deputy.

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully hinder, delay or obstruct any dog used by the Sheriff or Sutter County, his representative, or any duly sworn deputy in discharging or attempting to discharge his official duty.

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Sutter for a period not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.

(Ord. 815, Sec. 1; Sept. 2, 1980)