Chapter 55: Animal Protection And Control

§ 55.04 Abandonment Of Cats And Dogs

The text in force on May 9, 2019, and every version since 2010.

Unofficial compilation built from the City's published 2010 Code chapters and the text of adopted ordinances. Effective dates are inferred from adoption records; scanned chapters were OCR'd. The City of Tiffin's adopted Code of Ordinances governs. Not legal advice.

55.04 ABANDONMENT OF CATS AND DOGS

A person who has ownership or custody of a cat or dog shall not abandon the cat or dog, except the person may deliver the cat or dog to another person who will accept ownership and custody or the person may deliver the cat or dog to an animal shelter or pound. Returned as pertains to the TNR protocol shall not constitute abandonment.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 717B.8)

Ord. 2019-456, adopted May 7, 2019; in effect on publication (May 9, 2019) · source page

Consolidated from the ordinance; not confirmed by a later text of the code.

In the 2026 draft (a comparison with a draft, not adopted): § 55.04 — wording changed, largely rewritten · compare

History

From	To	Source	How	Document
Aug 11, 2010	May 9, 2019	2010 Code	base text · text	p. 2
May 9, 2019	today	Ord. 2019-456	section replaced · text	p. 1

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Dates: an Iowa ordinance takes effect when it is published after adoption. Where the clerk's certificate records the publication date it is used; otherwise the adoption date stands in for it. "Not yet consolidated" means the ordinance amends this section but its new text has not been checked into this compilation yet: read the ordinance.

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