(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any vicious or ferocious dog within the corporate limits of the city.

(b) In the event any person or property is injured or damaged by any such dog, the owner of such dog shall be prima facie guilty of a violation of this section.

Related laws:

1. Skateboarding in the city limits after dark is prohibited.
2. Dogs may not molest cars.
3. If ones dog is run over by a car, the owner must pay for the dog’s disposal.

Related laws:

1. It is illegal to kill birds
2. Rats are forbidden from leaving the ships docked in Tampa Bay.
3. Cats are forbidden from entering cemeteries.

A. No person shall knowingly, willfully and intentionally fish or take any commercial crawfish from any crawfish farm, except with the consent of the owner thereof.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of theft of crawfish when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(2) When the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of three hundred dollars or more, but less than a value of five hundred dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

(3) When the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of three hundred dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both. If the offender in such cases has been convicted of theft of crawfish one or more times previously, upon any subsequent conviction he shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 349,§ 1; Acts 2001, No. 591,§ 1.

Related laws:

1. Persons could land in jail for up to ten years for stealing an alligator.
2. It is illegal to steal a “movable” even if it classified as an “immovable”.
3. One could possibly land in jail for 20 years upon urinating in the city’s water supply.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to scatter or put out or otherwise distribute on his premises within the city any poison in any form or manner whatsoever which is or may likely be sufficiently lethal or of such strength as to cause death to any animal or fowl, without first obtaining a permit to do so from the chief of police.

(b) The chief of police may, in his discretion, issue or refuse to issue such permit. If issued, no charge shall be made for the same. If refused, the person seeking such permit may appeal to the mayor and city council. The chief of police shall in no event issue such permit for any area which is not enclosed by a fence. Provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to poisons which are made for the sole purpose of killing and destroying insect pests and rats and other rodents, if such poisons are not dangerous or injurious to chickens, turkeys, other domestic fowls, dogs, cats, cattle, hogs and other domestic animals, and if such poisons are not dangerous or injurious to human beings. Provided further, that this section shall not apply to such poisons as are distributed only in vapor or gaseous form by means of a spray gun or other similar means, but only to such poisons as are distributed in liquid form or in such form as may be eaten.

(Code 1964, § 4-2)

Related laws:

1. Ministers must obtain a permit to carry their liquor across state lines.
2. One must obtain a permit from the city to throw hay in a cesspool.
3. All persons wishing to keep a rhinoceros as a pet must obtain a $100 license first.

As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.165-1985, SEC.35.

Related laws:

1. Rocks may not be thrown at birds.
2. It is a class A misdemeanor to wave a burning torch around in the air.
3. Homosexual behavior is a misdemeanor offense.

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