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KENT COUNTY

SECTION D - DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE. IMPOUNDMENT

IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR THE OWNER OF ANY DOG TO
ALLOW SUCH ANIMAL TO BE AT LARGE IN KENT COUNTY,
MEANING TO BE OFF THE PREMISES OR PROPERTY OF THE
OWNER, UNLESS UNDER RESTRAINT, EXCEPT DOGS ACCOMPANIED
BY THE OWNER OR TRAINER AND BEING USED OR TRAINED FOR
HUNTING BEING FOLLOWED BY PERSON ON FOOT, HORSEBACK OR
IN VEHICLES.

A. A DOG FOUND AT LARGE WITH OR WITHOUT A
VALID LICENSE TAG SHALL, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, BE
IMPOUNDED BY THE DOG CONTROL WARDEN AND TAKEN TO THE
DOG CONTROL SHELTER AND THERE CONFINED IN A HUMANE
MANNER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS
UNLESS SOONER CLAIMED AND REDEEMED BY ITS OWNER. THE
DOG CONTROL WARDEN SHALL USE WHATEVER HUMANE MEANS
NECESSARY TO CATCH THE DOG AND IS HEREBY RELIEVED FROM
ANY LIABILITY FROM HARM OR INJURY TO THE DOG. AT THE
END OF FIVE DAYS AS INDICATED ABOVE, UNCLAIMED ANIMALS
SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED AND BECOME THE PROPERTY OF
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY AND
SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE
DOG CONTROL WARDEN AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY.

SECTION E - REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS

A.     UPON IMPOUNDING AN ANIMAL, THE DOG CONTROL
WARDEN SHALL CAUSE A PROMPT AND REASONABLE EFFORT TO
BE MADE TO LOCATE AND NOTIFY THE ANIMAL'S OWNER.

B.    THE OWNER OF AN IMPOUNDED ANIMAL SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO REDEEM SUCH ANIMAL, EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER
PROVIDED, UPON COMPLIANCE WITH THE LICENSE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION C HEREIN, PAYMENT OF REDEMPTION FEES, AND
PROOF OF OWNERSHIP.

C.    REDEMPTION FEES AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION
SHALL BE FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) FOR EACH DOG AND ONE
DOLLAR ($1.00) FOR EACH CALENDAR DAY OR PORTION
THEREOF DURING WHICH THE ANIMAL WAS BOARDED AT THE DOG
CONTROL SHELTER.

D.    WHEN DOGS ARE FOUND RUNNING AT LARGE AND
THEIR OWNERSHIP IS KNOWN, SUCH DOGS IF THEY ARE
LEGALLY LICENSED, NEED NOT BE IMPOUNDED, BY THE DOG
CONTROL WARDEN, BUT HE MAY AT HIS DISCRETION NOTIFY
THE OWNER WHO CAN RECLAIM THE DOG UPON PAYING THE
REDEMPTION FEE OF $5.00 WITHOUT THE IMPOUNDING FEE, IF