Chapter 55: Animal Protection And Control

§ 55.11 Owner’s Duty

The text in force today, 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.

55.11 OWNER’S DUTY

It is the duty of the owner of any dog, cat, or other animal which has bitten or attacked a person or any person having knowledge of such bite or attack to report this act to a local health or law enforcement official. It is the duty of physicians and veterinarians to report to the local board of health the existence of any animal known or suspected to be suffering from rabies.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 351.38)

2010 Code (city website file), in force from August 11, 2010 · source page

Confirmed by the city's current text: the 2026 draft recodification (August 2026, not adopted) has the same words (§ 55.11, p. 131), apart from minor wording.

In the 2026 draft (a comparison with a draft, not adopted): § 55.11 — wording changed, minor wording · compare

History

From	To	Source	How	Document
Aug 11, 2010	today	2010 Code	base text · text	p. 3
May 9, 2019		Ord. 2019-456	repealed · text not changed	p. 1

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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Data last updated October 23, 2026. Built from the archive's documents; see how the data is built.