No person shall harbor or hold for reward, or for any person other than the legal owner, procure a license for, any dog which has strayed upon the premises of such person, any dog which has been picked up on a public street, highway or other public place, unaccompanied by its owner or other responsible person, or any dog which has been stolen from the owner, provided that the provisions of this section against harboring and licensing a dog shall not apply to any nonprofit corporation organized for the purpose of sheltering dogs or to a legal purchaser of a dog from any such corporation. All persons shall immediately notify and turn over to the Dog Warden all such stray dogs, and when the same are licensed and registered, shall notify the proper owner at his or her registered or other known address. Any such stray dog unclaimed by its owner within forty-eight hours after it has been picked up shall be destroyed.
(1974 Code Sec. 9.106)