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(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)
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
The Marion Animal Care and Control Officer shall have powers in the enforcement of this chapter. It shall be unlawful to interfere with any Animal Control Officer, to take or attempt to take any animal from the animal control vehicle used to transport the animals or to take or attempt to take any animal from the Marion Animal Care and Control facility, Marion Grant County Humane Society, or impounding area. It shall be unlawful to hinder, molest, abuse, or fail to provide identification to the Animal Control Officer in the exercise of these powers.
(Ord. 7-2014, passed 4-1-2014)
An owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall pay a fee to Marion Animal Care and Control Service. That fee shall be equal to the actual cost of housing the animal, not to exceed $50 per day. Any animal found to be stray and impounded by Marion Grant County Humane Society shall be reclaimed from MGCHS by the owner at a fee equal to the actual cost of housing the animal, not to exceed $50 per day. If those fees are not paid and animal reclaimed within 72 hours, the impounding facility shall become the owner of said animal.
(Ord. 7-2014, passed 4-1-2014)
(A) An animal found at large in violation of this chapter shall be captured and impounded by Marion Animal Care and Control or Marion Grant County Humane Society.
(B) An animal found confined or abandoned on private property in violation of this chapter of this Code shall be impounded by Marion Animal Care and Control.
(Ord. 7-2014, passed 4-1-2014)
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