(B) If the dog wears a license tag or if the owner can by any other reasonable means be identified and located, the owner shall within 12 hours be notified by mail that the dog has been impounded.
(C) If the dog is impounded in the Stanly County dog pound it then becomes the responsibility of the county, and its further disposition shall be under the applicable county or state laws. All boarding, release, or adoption fees shall be paid to Stanly County.
(D) If the dog for some good reason is not placed in the Stanly County pound then the following further disposition shall apply.
(1) If a dog is not redeemed by the owner within four days after impoundment, the dog may be disposed of in one of the following ways, but no other way.
(a) Euthanasia, using a method approved by the humane society of the United States.
(b) Release for adoption by a new owner who shows evidence of ability and intention to provide the dog with an appropriate home and humane care; provided, that no unspayed female dog shall be released for adoption unless a licensed veterinarian certifies in writing that he has been paid in full for spaying of the dog and will perform the operation within 30 days or before the dog's first oestriol period.
(2) An owner redeeming a dog from impoundment shall pay, before release, an impoundment fee of $2 plus a boarding charge of $1 for each 24 hours or fraction thereof that the dog has been impounded. The fees shall be delivered by the animal shelter manager to the City Treasurer.
(3) Any new owner adopting a dog from the pound shall first obtain a license for the dog and shall, in addition, pay an adoption fee of $5.
(Ord. 19-27, passed 8-5-19)