If you haven't seen the citation in person, you need to. There should be a number or code violation on it. If not, call and ask for one. If they don't have one, there may not be one.

Of course, this may also alert them to you and your friend and attention is not always the best of things.

Call your local Dept. of Animal Control, basically the pound, and ask them for info on keep reptiles in the city as well as county and state. Each could be different.

I'd give Ken Foose a call. He's got that exotic reptile store there, but I can't think of the name of it.