(A) Any dangerous animal may be immediately confiscated by an animal control officer if the owner is in violation of this chapter. The owner shall be responsible for the reasonable costs incurred by the animal control authority for the care of a dangerous animal confiscated by an animal control officer or for the destruction of any dangerous animal if the action by the animal control authority is pursuant to law and if the owner violated this chapter.
(Neb. RS 54-620)
(B) In addition to any other penalty, a court may order the animal control authority to dispose of a dangerous animal in an expeditious and humane manner.
(Neb. RS 54-621) ('72 Code, § 6-118)
(C) (1) Any owner whose dangerous animal inflicts on a human being a serious bodily injury as defined in Neb. RS 28-109 is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense, whether or not the same dangerous animal is involved.
(2) It is a defense to a violation of division (C)(1) of this section that the dangerous animal was, at the time of the infliction of the serious bodily injury, in the custody of or under the direct control of a person other than the owner or the owner's immediate family. (Neb. RS 54-622.01)
(D) Effect of prior conviction. If a dangerous animal of an owner with a prior conviction under this section attacks or bites a human being or domestic animal, in addition to any other penalty, the dangerous animal shall be immediately confiscated by an animal control authority, placed in quarantine for the proper length of time, and thereafter destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner.
(Neb. RS 54-623) (Am. Ord. 2305, passed 4-11-2019; Am. Ord. 2356, passed 10-8-20) Penalty, see § 96.99