A. 
The county animal control facility shall serve as the City animal control facility. Once delivered to the county animal control facility, an animal is subject to the rules and regulations that govern that facility. No animal in the custody of the City shall be sold or released for commercial or experimental purposes.
B. 
The City, its employees and agents shall not be held civilly liable for acts committed or omitted in rendering care to, or in transporting and/or leaving, an animal that has been impounded at the county animal control facility.
A. 
An animal found at large in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be impounded, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and taken to the county animal control facility. In addition to or in lieu of impounding an animal found at large, an animal control officer, or police officer or code enforcement officer, or other duly authorized person may issue to a known owner of such animal a municipal infraction citation.
B. 
Any resident of the City who desires to do so may take up any animal found running at large and deliver it to an animal control officer or other authorized person for impounding. Any resident impounding an animal found running at large does so at their own risk, and shall promptly deliver the animal to an animal control officer.
C. 
In addition, impoundment is authorized for any of the following:
(1) 
Any animal found to create or cause a public nuisance, when the owner fails to abate the animal's actions or otherwise relieve the nuisance, after the animal control officer has issued notice and reasonable time to abate the nuisance has been provided.
(2) 
Any animal determined to be a vicious or dangerous animal.
(3) 
Any animal that is in violation of any quarantine or confinement order of the Animal Control Commission, Health Department official, or other government authority.
(4) 
Any unattended animal that is ill, injured or otherwise in need of care.
(5) 
Any exotic or other animal owned or harbored in violation of City, county or state law.
(6) 
Any animal suspected of having rabies.
(7) 
Any animal that is charged with being vicious or dangerous or potentially dangerous where it is determined by the animal control officer that there is a threat to public health and safety.
(8) 
Any animal that the Animal Control Commission has ordered impounded or destroyed.
(9) 
Any animal that has been ordered removed from the City.
(10) 
Any animal that is or has been abused and neglected and, in the opinion of the animal control officer, must be impounded for the safety of the animal.
D. 
Upon impounding an animal, a prompt and reasonable effort shall be made to notify the owner of the impounded animal of the location of the animal, procedures to claim the animal, and any applicable fees or fines owed by the owner. A notice may be served either by delivering it to the owner or by leaving it at or mailing it to the owner's usual or last known place of abode or the address given on the animal's collar. When convenient, the notice may be given by telephone to the owner. A listing of all impounded animals shall be maintained by the animal control officer and at the New Carrollton police station and shall be available for review by any citizen upon request. Whenever feasible and practicable, notices of found animals shall be publicized by way of the City's various media outlets and otherwise made available to the general public.
E. 
Prior to an animal's being redeemed by its owner, the owner shall pay all fees and fines due, demonstrate proof of ownership of the animal, demonstrate current licensure of the animal, and comply with any conditions of redemption of the county animal control facility and, if so ordered, by the Animal Control Commission.
When a seriously injured or suffering animal is taken into custody by an animal control officer, the animal may be taken to a veterinarian for an examination. If, in the opinion of the animal control officer or his/her designee, it is in the best interests of the animal that the animal be destroyed, the animal control officer or his/her designee may promptly authorize humane euthanasia of the animal. The cost of any veterinary care or veterinary consultation, ordered by the animal control officer, shall be an obligation of the owner of the animal.
No person shall willfully prevent or obstruct the impounding of any animal authorized to be impounded by the provisions of this chapter by an animal control officer or police officer. Any violation of this section is a municipal infraction subject to a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
A. 
The animal control officer shall keep complete and accurate records of the breed, color, sex and condition of any animal impounded in the animal control facility or transferred to the county facility and shall record whether or not the animal is licensed.
B. 
If an animal impounded in the animal control facility is licensed, the animal control officer shall record the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag.