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8.02.190 BITE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (County Code § 6.04.190).

(a) Any Owner or other Person who is responsible for the care, custody, or control of an animal that bites a human or other animal shall provide their name and current residence address and telephone number and shall present their driver's license or other form of identification and any information regarding any rabies vaccination for the biting animal to the Person bitten or the Owner of the animal bitten. If the Person bitten is a minor, the Owner or Person in control of the biting animal shall provide the required information to the parent or guardian of the minor.

(b) In addition to the above requirements, it shall be the duty of any Person having knowledge of any animal which has bitten a human being or other animal within the County to immediately, in no case later than the end of the next calendar day, report the bite to an Animal Control Officer or peace officer and to furnish as much information as possible, including date, time and location of bite, description of animal or Person bitten, name and license number of the biting animal, and rabies vaccination history of the biting animal.