A. 
It shall be the duty of the animal control officer or other officer who may find a dog in the act of killing or injuring livestock or poultry to kill such dog forthwith, whether such dog bears a license tag or not. Any other person finding a dog committing any of the depredations mentioned in this section shall have the right to kill such dog on sight, as shall any owner of livestock or his agent finding a dog chasing livestock on land utilized by the livestock when the circumstances show that such chasing is harmful to the livestock.
B. 
The general district court or circuit court shall have the power to order the animal control officer or other officer to kill any dog known to be a confirmed livestock or poultry killer; any dog killing poultry for the third time shall be considered a confirmed poultry killer.
C. 
If any person, including the animal control officer, has reason to believe that any dog is killing livestock or committing any of the depredations mentioned in this section, he shall apply to a magistrate of the County, who shall issue a warrant requiring the owner or custodian, if known, to appear before the judge of the general district court at the time and place named therein, at which time evidence shall be heard, and if it shall appear that such dog is a livestock killer or has committed any of the depredations mentioned in this section, the dog shall be ordered killed immediately, which the animal control officer or other officer designated by the judge of the general district court to act shall do or removed to another state which does not border on the commonwealth and prohibited from returning to the commonwealth. Any dog ordered removed from the commonwealth which is later found in the commonwealth shall be ordered by a court to be killed immediately.
[Amended 5-2-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-05]
Any person who has any livestock or poultry killed or injured by any dog not his own shall be entitled to receive as compensation the fair market value of such livestock or poultry not to exceed the maximums as described in Code of Virginia, § 3.2-6553, as amended from time to time, for animals and fowl if i) the claimant has furnished evidence within 60 days of discovery of the quantity and value of the dead or injured livestock and the reasons the claimant believes that death or injury was caused by a dog, and ii) the animal control officer has conducted an investigation and his investigation supports the claim. Upon payment under this section, the County shall be subrogated to the extent of compensation paid to the right of action to the owner of the livestock or poultry against the owner of the dog and may enforce the same in an appropriate action at law.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the animal control officer who has reason to believe that any dog in the County is killing other dogs or domestic animals other than livestock or poultry to apply to a magistrate of the County for the issuance of a warrant requiring the owner or custodian, if known, to appear before a district court at the time and place named therein, at which time evidence shall be heard.
B. 
The animal control officer or owner shall confine the dog until such time as evidence shall be heard and a verdict rendered by the court.
C. 
The general district court shall have the power to order the animal control officer or other officer to euthanize any dog which the evidence shows has habitually killed other dogs or domestic animals.
A. 
Any person, including the animal control officer or other officer, killing a dog under this article shall cremate, bury or otherwise render the body of such dog.
B. 
The owner of any dog which has died from disease or other cause shall forthwith cremate or bury the body of such dog. If, after notice, any owner fails to comply with this section, the animal control officer or other officer shall bury or cremate the dog and may recover, on behalf of the County, from the owner his cost for this service.