(A) The owner shall be entitled to resume possession of any impounded animal, except as hereinafter provided in the cases of certain animals, upon compliance with the license provisions of the chapter and the payment of impoundment fees set forth in § 90.08 below.
(B) Any animal impounded under the provisions of this chapter and not reclaimed by its owner within three days, may be humanely destroyed by the Animal Control Authority, or placed in the custody of some person deemed to be a responsible and suitable owner, who will agree to comply with the provisions of this chapter and such other regulations as shall be fixed by the Animal Control Authority; provided that, if the animal is one as to which the respective rights of the owner and the person in possession or custody are determined by state law, such law shall be complied with.
('83 Code, § 3-15 VI.)
(C) Any animal impounded for being a public nuisance may not be redeemed unless such redemption is authorized by court having jurisdiction.
(D) When in the judgment of the Animal Control Authority or its agents, an animal should be destroyed for humane reasons, such animal may not be redeemed.
('83 Code, § 3-15 VIII E., F.)