(A) Owners of animals must notify Marion Animal Care and Control of missing animals within 48 hours of the animal becoming lost/stolen.
(B) Owners of missing animals must make reasonable effort to locate the missing animal. Examples:
(1) Notify local veterinarian offices or humane society.
(2) Post flyers.
(3) Publish in local media.
(4) Publish on local social media sights.
(C) Owners of missing animals who fail to make an effort to locate their animals shall be fined no less than $25 for the first offense and no less than $50 for the second offense.
(D) Persons finding a stray animal are to notify Marion Animal Care and Control within 48 hours. At the discretion of the division, the animal may be kept by the finder and a found report left with the division, to enable the finder an opportunity to return the animal to its rightful owner.
(E) Upon demand, by Marion Animal Care and Control, any found animal will be taken to the Marion Animal Care and Control facility, veterinarian office, or Marion Grant County Humane Society and scanned for an identifying microchip.
(F) Persons finding an animal are obligated to comply with all the rules and regulations of this chapter pertaining to humane care and treatment of animals, while the animal is in their custody awaiting return to its actual owner.
(G) The finder will be considered the found animal's owner for purposes of this chapter only after the animal is in the finder's custody for 30 continuous days.
(Ord. 7-2014, passed 4-1-2014)