44-04 Amend Chapter 505 Animals & Fowl

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(e) Every owner or person in charge or control of a female dog shall, during all times when such female dog is in heat, either confine such dog indoors or treat her in such manner ¡Is not to attract other dogs. (f) (1) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense. (2) WhOever violates any provision of this section in a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. 505.03 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION; RECORDS. A police officer or the Animal Warden shall impound every dog and the Animal Warden shall impound every cat fbund in violation of Section 505.02. (a) If the impounded dog is not wearing a valid registration tag, the dog shall forthwith be turned over to an officer charged by law with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If the dog is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall be given prior to or pn the next working day to such owner or harborer that the dog has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by residence service to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The dog shall not be released except upon the payment of the following charges: for impounding any dog, five. dollars ($5.00); for giving notice, five dollars ($5.00); for Keeping any dog, six dollars ($6.00) per day. Any dog not redeemed by the next working day after notice, as herein provided, is given to the owner or harborer, or the next working day following the date it is seized or impounded if the owner or harborer cannot be found, may be sold or otherwise disposed of as provided in Ohio R.C. 955.16. (b) If the impounded c¡lt is wearing an identification tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall be given within two days to such owner or harborer that the cat has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by residence service to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The cat shall not be released except upon the payment of the following charges: for impounding any cat, five dollars ($5.00); for keeping any cat, five dollars ($5.00) per day. Any cat not redeemed within three days after notice is given to the owner or harborer as provided herein, or within three days of the time such cat is seized or impounded, if the owner or harborer cannot be found, f11ay be sold or otherwise disposed of in a humane manner as shall be determined by the Animal Warden. (c) A record of all dogs and cats impounded, the dISP. osition of the same, the owner's name and address, if known, and a statement of any costs or receipts involving such dO$} or c<\t shall be kept. 505.04 ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF DOGS; TAGS REQUXRED. (a) Except for guide, leader or listener dogs, or dogs in training to become guide, leader or listener dogs, registered under Ohio R.C. 955.011, and dogs kept by an institution or organization for teaching and research purposes under Ohio R.C. 955.16, no person shali own, keep or harbor a dog mOre than three months of age without annualiy registering such dog with the County Auditor. Failure of any dog at any time to wear a valid registration tag shall be prima-facie evidence of lack of registration and subject such dog to impounding and disposition as provided by Ohio R.C. 955.16. (b) . No person shali own, keep or harbor a dog wearing a fictitious, altered or invalid registration tag or a registration tag not issued by the County Auditor In connection with the registration of such animal. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. 505.05 HINDERING CAPTURE OF UNLICENSED QOG. . (a) No person shall obstruct or interfere with anyone lawfully engaged in capturing an unlicensed dog or making an examination of a dog wearing a tag. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. 505.06 ABANDONXNG ANIMALS. (a) No owner or keeper of a dog, cat or óther domestic animal shall abandon such animal. . (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.