Any person wishing to declare a dog vicious shall file a complaint before the district court, charging the owner or keeper of such dog with harboring a vicious dog. A copy of such complaint shall be served upon the person so charged in the same manner and subject to the laws regulating the service of summons in civil actions directing him to appear for a hearing of such complaint at a time fixed therein. If such person fails to appear at the time fixed, or if upon a hearing of the parties and their witnesses, the court finds the person so charged is the owner or keeper of the dog in question, and that the dog has viciously and without cause, acted in a manner that is defined in § 90.07 herein, the dog shall be found to be vicious and the owner or keeper of the dog in question shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 90.99 and the orders of the court.
(Ord. 2002-0006, passed 8-12-02) Penalty, see § 90.99