8.12.070: OWNER TO BE NOTIFIED:
The person distraining the animals must, if the owner of the same be known to such person and if the owner resides within ten (10) miles of the place of the trespass, immediately deliver to such owner, or leave at his/her place of residence if he/she cannot be found, a copy of such certificate of appraisement; but if the owner does not live within ten (10) miles of the place of trespass, the party distraining the animals may, at his/her option, deliver a copy of such certificate to the owner in person, or deposit the same in the nearest post office in a registered letter addressed to said owner. He/she shall be entitled to charge fifteen cents ($0.15) a mile one way for the first ten (10) miles necessarily traveled in delivering such certificate, and ten cents ($0.10) for each additional mile, to be taxed as costs against the animals. (Ord. 24-89 § 1, 1989)