The owner or person in charge of any animal or animals impounded, as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled to the possession thereof, upon satisfactory proof of ownership, or right to possession, and upon paying to the Chief of Police, or other person in charge of such animal or animals, the fees, costs, and expenses incident to the taking up, impounding, or caring for such animal or animals, as hereinafter provided.
(Prior Code, § 9.0105)