If at any time before the sale of any estrays, such animals shall be claimed and proved to be the property of any person, the animal services director shall deliver them to the owner upon receiving from the owner the cost of impounding, keeping and advertising the same. If the animals are not so claimed and taken away, the director shall, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, proceed to sell the same, one at a time, to the highest cash bidder, and shall execute and deliver a bill of sale transferring said animals to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, which bill of sale shall be substantially in the following form:
I hereby certify that in pursuance of the law regulating the disposal of estrays and trespassing animals, I have this day sold to for the sum of $ , he/she being the highest bidder, head of , described as follows, to wit:
(description of animals)
Witness my hand this day of , 19 .
Director, Animal Services
The director shall immediately file a copy of such bill of sale with the county clerk or forward the same to him/her by registered mail. The copy so filed with the clerk shall be preserved for a period of two (2) years and shall be open to inspection during all reasonable hours without charge. Such bill of sale shall transfer and vest in such purchaser the full title to the animals thus sold. (Ord. 69-99 § 9, 1999: Ord. 24-89 § 1, 1989)