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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-114 Initiation of complaint.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-114" heading="Initiation of complaint.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any person may submit a complaint to the Office if the person knows of:<para num="(1)">a violation of this title or of a rule or regulation adopted under this title; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">a violation of any other animal control or protection law, rule, or regulation of this City or State.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Form.">The complaint must be:<para num="(1)">a written complaint in a form that the Office requires; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">an oral complaint that is recorded in the City’s 311 system.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Minimum contents.">The complaint must:<para num="(1)">describe the animal;</para>
      <para num="(2)">identify where it is located; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">state in clear language how the animal is in violation of any law, rule, or regulation.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
