§ 4-5.1. Bond required for certain animals seized.

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Any law-enforcement officer, or animal control officer that seizes an animal pursuant Virginia Code § 3.1-796.115 for more than thirty (30) days but less than nine-months, may petition the court to require a bond in surety be posted by the owner of such animal(s) to cover the amount of the cost of boarding the animal(s). If convicted, the court shall order the owner of any animal(s) determined to have been abandoned, cruelly treated, or deprived of adequate care to pay all reasonable expenses incurred in caring and providing for such animal from the time the animal is seized until such time that the animal is disposed of in accordance with the provisions § 3.1-796.115 of the Code of Virginia, to the provider of such care.

(Ord. of 6-26-07(1))

(Ord. of 6-26-07(1))

                    
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