Keeping of diseased animals prohibited.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 8-114
in effect§ 8-114. - Keeping of diseased animals prohibited.
(a) Keeping of diseased or painfully crippled animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to have, keep or harbor an animal which is inflicted with any dangerous, communicable or incurable disease, or which is in a painfully crippled condition. All such animals shall be humanely destroyed or turned over to the division for disposition. This Section shall not be construed to include veterinary hospitals or animals under active veterinarian care with due regard for public health and safety.
(b) Contagious diseases. No owner, or other person in control of any animal, who knows the animal to have or to have been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease transmittable to humans, shall dispose of the animal to another person without a full disclosure of this knowledge to that person, or allow the animal to run at large or come in contact with other animals.
(Ord. No. 23145, § 2, 10-3-06)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH8AN_ARTIIHUCATR_DIV2CRAN_S8-114KEDIANPRFetched: 10/28/2026