Salt Lake City Animal Services responds to suspected hoarding under Title 6 cruelty and welfare provisions, working with mental health partners when residents accumulate animals beyond their ability to provide adequate food, sanitation, and veterinary care.
While SLC Code Title 6 does not use the word hoarding, it empowers Animal Services officers to seize animals kept in conditions that violate cruelty standards in Chapter 6.06 or that exceed safe pet limits. Officers may obtain warrants, impound animals, and recommend criminal charges through the Salt Lake County Attorney. The city coordinates with Utah Adult Protective Services because hoarding often overlaps with mental health concerns. Court-ordered forfeiture, restitution for boarding costs, and bans on future ownership are available remedies under Utah cruelty statute 76-9-301.
Officers issue cruelty citations carrying class B misdemeanor exposure plus impound and restitution costs. Chronic hoarders may face felony aggravated cruelty charges and lifetime ownership bans through court order.
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