<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-35. - Penalties.</div>
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               (a)
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               Pursuant to the authority established in G.S. 153A-123, unless otherwise provided
               for within this article or by general statute, any person found to be in violation
               of this chapter shall be subject to the following civil penalties: $100.00 for the
               first offense, $200.00 for the second offense, and $500.00 for a third or subsequent
               offense. For the purposes of this subsection Wayne County will consider violations
               any and all violations within the last five years.
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               (b)
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               Payment of all civil penalties shall be due within 14 days. If any person upon whom
               a civil penalty is impose[d] by this section does not pay the civil penalty in full
               within 14 days of its issuance, the penalty shall be increased by an additional $50.00.
               The county shall have the right to collect payments and delinquency charges through
               civil action in the nature of a debt.
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               (c)
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               Following a third or subsequent civil citation under this chapter, the county will
               pursue criminal charges as authorized under G.S. 14-4. Any person convicted of such
               violation shall be guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than
               $500.00. Each day's violation of this chapter is a separate offense. Payment of a
               fine imposed in criminal proceedings pursuant to this subsection does not relieve
               a person of his liability for civil penalties or fees imposed under this ordinance.
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               (d)
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               If any animal shall, without provocation attack and kill a human being, the owner
               shall be subject to any applicable criminal charges as determined by investigating
               law enforcement agencies and pay a $500.00 civil penalty. Said animal shall be confiscated
               and destroyed after a ten-day holding period.
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               (e)
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               If any animal shall, without provocation attack, assault, wound, bite or otherwise
               injure a human being, the owner shall be subject to any applicable criminal charges
               as determined by investigating law enforcement agencies and pay a $250.00 civil penalty.
               Additionally, said animal may be confiscated and destroyed after a ten-day holding
               period and completion of an investigation by animal control into the circumstances
               of the bite.
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               (f)
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               If any animal shall, when unprovoked, kill, wound, or assist in killing or wounding
               any domestic animal or pet, the owner of said animal shall be subject to any applicable
               criminal charges as determined by investigating law enforcement agencies and be subject
               to a $125.00 civil penalty and animal control is empowered to confiscate said animal
               and after a ten-day holding period and upon completion of an investigation into the
               circumstances of the attack, may destroy said animal.
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               (g)
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               Enforcement of this ordinance may be by appropriate equitable remedy, injunction or
               order of abatement issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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               (Ord. of 8-21-2018)
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