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Ch. 26
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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AN ANIMAL CONTROL UNIT SHALL DISPOSE OF AN UNCLAIMED DOG OR CAT
ONLY BY:
(1) PLACING THE ANIMAL IN A SUITABLE HOME;
(2) RETAINING THE ANIMAL IN THE ANIMAL CONTROL UNIT; OR
(3) HUMANELY DESTROYING THE ANIMAL.
(C) WAITING PERIOD.
A DOMESTIC ANIMAL THAT IS IMPOUNDED BY AN ANIMAL CONTROL UNIT MAY
NOT BE SOLD, PLACED, OR DESTROYED UNTIL THE ANIMAL HAS BEEN CAREFULLY
INSPECTED FOR A TAG, TATTOO, OR OTHER IDENTIFICATION TO ASCERTAIN THE
OWNER AND:
(1) 72 HOURS HAVE ELAPSED AFTER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE
OWNER;
(2) IF THE OWNER CANNOT BE NOTIFIED, 72 HOURS HAVE ELAPSED
AFTER THE ANIMAL IS IMPOUNDED;
(3) THE ANIMAL IS SERIOUSLY DISEASED OR SEVERELY INJURED; OR
(4) THE ANIMAL IS UNDER 3 MONTHS OF AGE.
(D) LIABILITY OF OWNER AND NEW OWNER
(1) AN OWNER WHO RETRIEVES AN ANIMAL FROM AN ANIMAL CONTROL
UNIT SHALL PAY ALL FEES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE ANIMAL
CONTROL UNIT.
(2) THE NECESSARY EXPENSES FOR FOOD AND ATTENTION GIVEN TO
AN ANIMAL UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE OWNER, AND THE
ANIMAL IS NOT EXEMPT FROM LEVY AND SALE ON EXECUTION OF A JUDGMENT FOR
THE EXPENSES.
(3) A NEW OWNER WITH WHOM AN ANIMAL IS PLACED UNDER
SUBSECTION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION MAY BE CHARGED AN ADOPTION FEE.
(E) PENALTY.
A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND
ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 27, §§ 67B and 68.
Throughout this section, the references to an animal control "unit" are
substituted for the former references to an animal control "agency" for
consistency within this article. See General Revisor's Note to article.
In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the former reference to "adoption" is
deleted as implicit in the reference to "placing ... in a suitable home".
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