§ 4-42. Interference with officers.  


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  • No individual shall interfere with an animal control officer while in the legal performance of his or her duties. This includes but is not limited to, striking or attempting to strike the animal control officer; providing the animal control officer with false information; taking or attempting to take any animal from any animal control officer in the legal performance of his or her duties, from any official vehicle used by the animal control authority to transport animals, or from the animal control authority facility without proper authority; or to taking or damaging any county property used in conjunction with the legal performance of the animal control officer's duties. In addition to constituting a violation of this article, such action may be punishable pursuant to Section 838.021, Florida Statutes.

(Ord. No. 18-068, § 22, 10-2-18)