(A) Unless a court, the County Health Officer or the state veterinarian orders the continued detention of an animal, the owner or keeper of an impounded domestic animal, other than an animal at any time while the same is in custody of the Town Marshal, by paying to the town the following fees:
(1) A charge of $5 for picking up the animal; and
(2) A charge of $2 per day for boarding and feeding the animal (but only 250 per day, or the maximum amount then permitted by I.C. 15-5-9-14 if the only reason for impounding the animal was failure to have a township dog tax tag).
(B) If the Town Marshal delivers the animal to a pound outside of the town, the above charges shall nevertheless apply for the animal is in the Marshal’s custody, and an additional fee of $10 for transporting the animal shall apply. Such charges and fees are in addition to any penalties or costs assessed under § 90.99(C)(2), (C)(3) or (C)(4). Any pound into whose custody an animal is delivered may not release the animal to its owner or keeper without the written authorization of the Marshal showing that the above charges owing to the town have been paid, but, in addition, may charge and collect its own usual and standard period of time the animal was in the custody of such pound as a further condition of the animal’s release. An animal which was impounded by reason of a suspected violation of I.C. 35-46-3-2 shall be deemed in protective custody and may not be released to its owner or keeper except by order of a court having jurisdiction of the case.
(Prior Code, § 4-2-7)