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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. B31-23. Notification upon impoundment.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B31-23. Notification upon impoundment.

Upon the impound of an animal with owner/guardian identification, the Animal Care and Control Division shall cause notice to be affixed to a conspicuous place where the animal was situated or personally deliver a notice of impoundment, and/or mail to the owner/guardian or keeper within forty-eight hours, excluding weekends and holidays.

The notice shall include all of the following:

(a) The name, business address, and telephone number of the officer providing the notice.

(b) A description of the animal seized, including any identification upon the animal.

(c) The authority and purpose for the seizure, or impoundment, including the time, place, and circumstances under which the animal was seized.

(d) A statement that, in order to receive a post seizure hearing, the owner/guardian or person authorized to keep the animal, or his or her agent, shall request the hearing by signing and returning an enclosed declaration of ownership/guardianship or right to keep the animal to the County Animal Care and Control Division providing the notice within ten days, including weekends and holiday, of the date of the notice. The declaration may be returned by personal delivery or mail.

(e) A statement that the cost of caring for and treating any animal properly seized under this section is a lien on the animal pursuant to California Penal Code Section 597.1(f), that the animal shall not be returned to the owner/guardian until the charges are paid, and that failure to request or attend a scheduled hearing shall result in liability for this cost.

(Ord. No. NS-300.745, § 1, 5-2-06)

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