<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-131. - Determination of dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs.</div>
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               The director of emergency services shall determine whether a dog is to be declared
               dangerous or potentially dangerous. Once the dog is deemed dangerous or potentially
               dangerous, the animal services division shall impound the dog immediately. The director
               of emergency services shall notify the owner in writing, giving the reason for the
               determination. The owner of a dog which has been declared to be dangerous or potentially
               dangerous has the right to appeal the decision in the manner set forth in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTVIDAPODADO_S6-132APPRDAPODADO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">section 6-132</a>.
               
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                  (a)
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                  <span class="ital">Dangerous dog.</span> A dangerous dog will be classified as either a level 1 or level 2 dangerous dog.
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                  (1)
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                  <span class="ital">Level 1:</span>
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                  a.
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                  The dog will be classified as level 1 if the dog:
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                  1.
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                  Killed a person;
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                  2.
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                  When not on the owner's real property, inflicted severe injury to a person;
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                  3.
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                  Was previously declared a level 2 dangerous dog and while out of the secure enclosure
                  bit a person;
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                  4.
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                  Was previously declared a level 2 dangerous dog and while out of the secure enclosure
                  and not on the owner's real property bit another domestic animal;
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                  5.
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                  Was previously declared a potentially dangerous dog and inflicted severe injury to
                  a person; or
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                  6.
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                  Was previously declared a potentially dangerous dog and when not on the owner's real
                  property killed or inflicted severe injury to a domestic animal.
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                  b.
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                  The director of emergency services shall order the level 1 dangerous dog to be humanely
                  euthanized.
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                  (2)
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                  <span class="ital">Level 2:</span>
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                  a.
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                  The dog will be classified as level 2 if the dog:
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                  1.
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                  When on the owner's real property inflicted severe injury to a person;
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                  2.
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                  Is or was owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of dog fighting,
                  or trained for dog fighting, in violation of G.S. 14-362.2 and article III of this
                  chapter;
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                  3.
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                  Was previously declared a potentially dangerous dog and when not on the owner's real
                  property bit another domestic animal but did not cause a severe injury; or
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                  4.
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                  Was previously declared a potentially dangerous dog and bit a person but did not cause
                  a severe injury.
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                  b.
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                  The owner must confine the level 2 dangerous dog as outlined in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTVIDAPODADO_S6-133COREPEDAPODADO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">sections 6-133</a>(a) and (b).
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                  (b)
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                  <span class="ital">Potentially dangerous dog.</span> If a potentially dangerous dog is redeemed by the owner, the owner must keep the
                  dog under restraint and comply with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTVIDAPODADO_S6-133COREPEDAPODADO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">section 6-133</a>(c) below. A dog will be classified as potentially dangerous if the dog:
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                  (1)
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                  When not on the owner's real property killed or inflicted severe injury upon a domestic
                  animal; or
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                  (2)
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                  When not on the owner's real property approached a person in a vicious or terrorizing
                  manner in an apparent attitude of attack; or
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                  (3)
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                  Inflicted an unprovoked bite to a human.
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               (Ord. of 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2014-04, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2023-02, 3-6-2023)
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