[Adopted 11-5-69 by Ord. No. 129-69; amended 1-21-75 by Ord. No. 2-75]
A. 
The Dog Warden of the city shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded and thereafter destroyed or disposed of as provided in this section:
(1) 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog which said official or his agent or agents have reason to believe is a stray dog.
(2) 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog without a current registration tag on his collar.
(3) 
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog.
B. 
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person or a registration tag or if the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog is known, the Chief of Police or any person authorized by him in that behalf shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven (7) days after the service of the notice.
C. 
A notice under this section may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or by leaving it at the person's usual or last known place of abode or at the address given on the collar, or by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or to the address given on the collar.
D. 
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven (7) days after said notice, when notice can be given as set forth, or has been detained for seven (7) days after seizure, when such notice has not been and cannot be given, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not claimed said dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including maintenance not exceeding the charge provided in Chapter 88, Fees, and if the dog is unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license and registration tag for said dog, the Chief of Police or any person authorized by him in that behalf may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]
E. 
Whenever the owner of a seized dog redeems it, the owner of said dog or his or her agent shall pay to the City of Orange the redemption fee as provided in Chapter 88, Fees, before said dog is released to the owner by the City of Orange.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]