Destruction of rabid animals.
Riverside Municipal Code § 8.16.070
in effect8.16.070 - Destruction of rabid animals.
If it appears to the City health officer or City Animal Control Director or his/her designee or his representative upon examination or otherwise of a dog or other animal that such animal has rabies, he may forthwith kill and destroy such dog or other animal.
(Ord. 7362 §1, 2017; Ord. 4112 § 1 (part), 1974)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT8AN_CH8.16RACO_8.16.070DERAANFetched: 11/1/2026
