<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-3. - General duties of animal control department.</div>
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               The animal control department shall be charged with the responsibility of:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Enforcing, in this county, all the state and county laws, ordinances, and resolutions
                  relating to the care, custody, and control of dogs and cats.
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                  (2)
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                  Assisting in the enforcement of the laws of the state with regard to animals and especially
                  with regard to vaccination of dogs and cats against rabies and the confinement or
                  controlling of dangerous dogs.
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                  (3)
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                  Investigating cruelty or abuse with regards to animals. (Refer to <a href="" data-chunk-id="CD_ORD_CH6AN_S6-5CRAN" class="section-link" data-product-id="14666">section 6-5</a> for duties involving animal cruelty.)
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                  (4)
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                  The operation of the county animal shelter.
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                  (5)
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                  Maintenance of accurate and detailed records of animal control activities including:
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                  a.
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                  Impoundment and disposition of all dogs and cats coming into the animal shelter.
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                  b.
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                  Bite cases, violations and complaints, and investigations thereof.
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                  c.
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                  All monies belonging to the county which were derived from impoundment fees, penalties,
                  vaccinations and adoptions/reclaims of dogs and cats.
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                  d.
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                  All other records deemed necessary by the board of commissioners, the county manager
                  or the county health director.
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                  (6)
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                  Reporting to law enforcement or public health authority the potential public health
                  problems from zoonotic diseases.
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               (Ord. No. 008-01, Â§ 3, 6-16-2008)
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Counties are authorized, under G.S. 67-30, to appoint animal control officers; the
               board of county commissioners may appoint one or more animal cruelty investigators
               to serve without any compensation or other employee benefits; the board of commissioners
               may approve reimbursement for necessary and actual expenses of such investigators,
               G.S. 19A-45.
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