(A) Destruction. At the end of the period prescribed in this subchapter, animals which have not been redeemed by the owner thereof shall be destroyed in a humane manner or sold in the manner hereinafter provided.
(B) Sale procedure.
(1) The sales herein provided for shall be conducted by the person in charge of the animal shelter or such other persons as may be designated by the Town Board of Trustees.
(2) Such sales shall be for cash to the highest bidder, but an animal shall not be sold in any event for less than that sum required to cover the impounding fee, boarding bill, vaccination fees and license fees, where applicable. If there is no bid or if an insufficient amount is bid as herein provided, then the person in charge of the pound shall destroy such animal, unless he or she believes it to be for the best interest of the town to retain the animal and offer it for sale again.
(3) The proceeds of the sale, less any vaccination fees, which shall be paid to the person administering the vaccination, shall be forthwith delivered to the Clerk-Treasurer.
(C) Purchaser to acquire title. The purchaser of any animal at a sale held as provided herein shall acquire absolute title to the animal purchased.
(D) Excess money claimed by owner. At any time within three months after the sale, the owner of an impounded animal sold as provided herein may claim the excess of the sale price of the animal above the fees for impounding and keeping the same and a fee as set by the Town Board to reimburse the town for any expenses it has had in making the sale. If a claim is so made and approved by the Board of Trustees, then the Clerk-Treasurer shall pay him or her such excess. If a claim is not so made, then the excess shall belong to the town.
(Prior Code, § 6-7B-6)