§ 6-12. Impoundment.

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Whenever any animal is found trespassing upon any enclosed ground, the owner or tenant of such enclosed grounds shall have the right to take up such animal and impound the animal until the damages provided for by this chapter shall have been paid or until the animal control officer or his deputies shall lawfully handle the claims of damage or injury whereby the animal must be released to the animal control officer. The costs of taking up and impounding an animal shall be estimated as a part of the actual damage.

(Code 1988, § 3-115; Ord. No. O-00-001, 1-11-2000)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 55-308.

(Code 1988, § 3-115; Ord. No. O-00-001, 1-11-2000)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 55-308.

                    
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