§ 9.08.080. Redemption of impounded dogs.

(a)

The division shall securely keep any dog impounded for a period of three business days unless the dog be sooner reclaimed or redeemed by the owner or person having control thereof, or as provided in Section 9.08.110. A dog wearing a current license tag when impounded shall be held for seven business days unless the owner or custodian is notified prior to that time as in Section 9.08.070, and then said dog shall be held for three business days from such notification. Except as may be provided in Section 9.04.080, the owner or person entitled to the custody of the dog so impounded may, at any time before the sale or other disposition thereof, during the office hours of the pound, reclaim or redeem the dog by exhibiting to the division the license certificate or license tag showing that the license for the dog for the then current year has been paid and by paying the division any charges.

(b)

No fees whatsoever shall be charged or collected for or on account of any dog which has been unlawfully taken up or impounded. If the owner or person entitled to the custody of the dog believes that the dog has been unlawfully taken up or impounded, that owner or person may, within the seventy-two-hour redemption period, request that an impartial hearing by a hearing officer from an outside division be conducted to determine the sole issue of whether the dog was lawfully seized and impounded. If a dog has been unlawfully taken up or impounded, it shall be returned to its owner or the person entitled to the custody thereof.

(Ord. 2764 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 2474 § 1 (part), 1990)