(A) (1) Any dangerous dog may be immediately confiscated by an animal control officer if the owner is in violation of this section.
(2) The owner shall be responsible for the reasonable costs incurred by the animal control authority for the care of a dangerous dog confiscated by an animal control officer or for the destruction of any dangerous dog if the action by the animal control authority is pursuant to law and if the owner violated this section.
(B) In addition to any other penalty, a court may order the animal control authority to dispose of a dangerous dog in an expeditious and humane manner.
(C) (1) Any owner whose dangerous dog inflicts on a human being a serious bodily injury, as defined in Neb. RS 28-109, is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense, whether or not the same dangerous dog is involved.
(2) It is a defense to a violation of division (C)(1) above that the dangerous dog was, at the time of the infliction of the serious bodily injury, in the custody of or under the direct control of a person other than the owner or the owner’s immediate family.
(D) If a dangerous dog of an owner with a prior conviction under this section attacks or bites a human being or domestic animal, in addition to any other penalty, the dangerous dog shall be immediately confiscated by an animal control authority, placed in quarantine for the proper length of time and thereafter destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner.
(1976 Code, § 6-129) (Ord. 992, passed 12-18-1989) Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 54-620, 54-621, 54-622.01, 54-623