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SECTION 12. INTERFERENCE WITH AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
No individual shall interfere with an Animal Control Officer 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 Services officer in the legal performance of his
or her duties, from any official vehicle used by the department to transport animals, or from
the department 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 Ordinance, such action may be punishable pursuant to Section
838.021, Florida Statutes (1999), as may be amended.
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