<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 5-17. - Redemption procedure for impounded animals.</div>
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               (a)
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               When any animal has been impounded at animal control, notice of such impoundment shall
               be given to the owner; or if the owner is unknown, notice shall be posted for five
               business days. The notice shall be posted on the animal's pen at animal control and
               shall indicate the time and place of taking the animal and the time and date of posting
               the notice. The time for redemption of the animal shall not begin to run until such
               notice has been given or posted.
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               (b)
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               The owner shall be entitled to resume possession of his animal, except as already
               provided for certain animals, upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter
               and upon payment of the current fee schedule adopted by the board of health.
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               (c)
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               If two or more violations occur within one year, the owner redemption fee shall be
               paid according to the current fee schedule adopted by the board of health. In addition
               to other fees set out in this section, a boarding fee at the rate according to the
               current fee schedule adopted by the board of health shall be paid before animals may
               be redeemed.
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               (d)
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               Owner surrender with proof of ownership to immediate disposition to be the same as
               G.S. Â§ 19A-32.1(g) that reads:
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               "An animal that is surrendered to animal shelter by the animal's owner may be disposed
               of before the expiration of [the] minimum holding period in a manner authorized under
               subsection (f) return to owner, adopted as a pet by a new customer, euthanized by
               a procedure approved by rules adopted by the department of agriculture and consumer
               services or in the absence of such rules by a procedure approved by the American Veterinary
               Medical Association, the Human Society of the United States or the American Human
               Association, if the owner provides to the shelter some proof of ownership of the animal
               and a signed written consent to the disposition of the animal before the expiration
               of the minimum holding period."
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               (Ord. of 6-17-2013(1); Ord. of 1-16-2018(1))
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