I would check with the state's department of agriculture or equivalent and ask about livestock importation laws/regulations...and also ask for a contact to, uh, contact regarding pet laws/regulations. Then I would try to talk to someone at the city/local level for the desired area.

I would ask for a link to the pertinent regulations WITHOUT mentioning snakes specifically, just that you want to read all the regs yourself. If they ask what animals you have, just say you have a variety of nontraditional pets, i.e. other than cats and dogs. That way, you can look at regs for hamsters, birds, fish, chinchillas, and reptiles.

I think that if you say you want to know what the laws are concerning keeping snakes, you're "setting the tone of the conversation" a certain way, and depending who's on the other end of the phone, they might have preconceived notions and steer you in the wrong direction, or worst-case, may use that call as the basis for a "we need a law prohibiting snakes" movement.

This is just my own opinion.
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