(A) As soon as practicable after any animal has been impounded, the Animal Control Officer or other employee or officer impounding the animal, shall post a notice thereof at the police office or animal control shelter of the town. The notice shall describe the animal and notify the owner to pay the charges thereon and remove the same prior to a designated time. The notice shall also state that, unless the animal is redeemed, the animal will be sold or destroyed as provided in this chapter.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an impounded animal shall be held for 72 hours during which time it may be redeemed pursuant to this chapter. No animal may be destroyed or sold until after this period.
(C) Sales herein provided for shall be for cash and shall be conducted by, or under the direction of the Chief of Police. In no case shall the price of an animal be less than the fees, set out in this chapter, which have accrued against the animal. If an impounded animal cannot be sold, the animal shall be destroyed, in a humane manner, or otherwise disposed of in a legal manner.
(D) The purchaser of an animal at a sale held as provided herein shall acquire absolute title to the animal purchased.
(E) The Animal Control Officer shall pay to the town all money received from the sale of impounded animals on the day it is received.
(Prior Code, § 4-135)