(A) If a person voluntarily or, as required by law, delivers an animal to the Dearborn County Animal Control for the purpose of quarantining the animal, they shall be charged a fee of $150 payable to P.A.W.S. There is an additional fee of $20 per day for any animal not picked up after the mandatory ten-day quarantined period. This fee does not apply to adopted animals. If the owner(s) does not pay the quarantine fee, a possible tax lien may occur.
(B) Owner(s) who fail to recover their animal following the quarantine shall be deemed to have voluntarily abandoned their animal to the custody of P.A.W.S. and shall be liable for the aforementioned quarantine fees.
(BC Ord. 2014-006, passed 6-3-14)