(A) Any dog without a proper and current registration tag, or any dog which has committed any one or more of the public nuisances mentioned in § 51.203, may be taken up at any time by those persons officially appointed to serve as dog wardens by the Madison County Fiscal Court.
(B) For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed by this article and to enforce its provisions, any dog warden when accompanied by a peace officer, is empowered to enter upon the premises upon which the dog is kept or harbored and to request the exhibition of the dog and the license for the dog.
(C) It shall be the duty of all peace officers within the county and its urban areas to support and aid the dog wardens in their duties if called upon, and this shall include the issuing a summons to the keeper, harborer or owner of any dog whether licensed or unlicensed, which has been permitted to be a public nuisance as defined in § 51.203.
(D) Impoundment shall be at the Madison County Animal Shelter, or any other place officially designated by the Madison County Fiscal Court.
(E) Dogs shall be confined in a humane manner under the supervision of the Madison County Humane Society.
(F) Unlicensed dogs suffering from injury, infectious disease or serve illness shall be disposed of immediately by the dog warden in a humane manner. All other dogs, licensed or unlicensed, which are healthy may be kept for not less than seven (7) days after pickup, and then, if unclaimed, may be disposed of by the dog warden in a humane manner.
(G) Immediately upon impounding of dogs, the dog warden shall make every possible effort to notify the owners of the dogs so impounded and inform the owners of the conditions whereby they may regain custody of the animals.
(H) Carcasses of dogs destroyed by the Madison County Animal Shelter shall be disposed of according to law.
(Ord. No. 24.76, § 6, 12-7-76)