[Amended 11-10-1980 by Ord. No. 15-1980; 12-26-2006 by Ord. No. 34-2006]
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Editor's Note: As to impoundment of dogs generally, see N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16.
The Animal Control Officer of the City shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, and thereafter destroyed or offered for adoption pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16 or disposed of as provided in this article:
A. 
Any cat or dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog which the Animal Control Officer or his agent have reason to believe is a stray cat or dog.
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Any cat or dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog without a current registration tag on his collar.
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Any female cat or dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog.
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Any owner of a dog as defined by § 132-16.1 who fails to obtain liability insurance for registration and licensing purposes.
[Added 12-26-2006 by Ord. No. 34-2006]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
If any cat or dog seized pursuant to this article 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 the cat or dog is known, the Animal Control Officer shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the collar or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the cat or dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed or offered for adoption if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
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 on the collar.
For every cat or dog seized pursuant to this article, there shall be an impoundment fee as provided for in Chapter 170, Licenses and Fees. When any cat or dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice, when notice can be given as set forth in the preceding section, or has been detained for seven days after seizure, when notice has not been and cannot be given as set forth in the preceding section, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring the cat or dog has not claimed the cat or dog and paid expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including the impoundment fee, and if the cat or dog is unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring the cat or dog has not produced a license and registration tag for such cat or dog, the Animal Control Officer may cause the cat or dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding any cat or dog which he may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such cat or dog, except upon the premises of the owner of the cat or dog if the owner is present and forbids the same.