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Ordinance No. 140 Domestic Animals Page 7 of 14 3. Notice to Owner or Harborer Custodian. If by a license tag or by other means the owner or custodian can be identified, the Animal Control Officer shall immediately, upon impoundment, notify the owner by telephone or mail of the impoundment of the animal. Dogs not claimed by their owners within five (5) days may be humanely disposed of. Immediately upon impounding of an animal wearing any type of identification, the police, animal control officer or impounding facility officer shall make every reasonable effort to notify the owner or harborer custodian of such impoundment, and the conditions whereby the owner or harborer custodian may regain custody of the animal. Verbal notice shall be immediately confirmed in writing by the city’s official. 4. Reclaiming Impounded Animals. 1. No dog shall be released from the pound unless the owner or custodian entitled to demand release of the dog purchases a proper license for said dog and pays the required fees set forth in the animal control service contract currently in effect. All dogs taken to a pound and not claime d and released within five (5) days after being impounded, shall be disposed of in a humane manner, subject to M.S. §35.71, Subd. 3, and any animal control service contract currently in effect. (Ref. §§1301.100, 1301.110, 1301.120, 1301.130, Code 1966; Ord . Nos. 524, 12/14/71;, 595, 12/14/76; 611, 6/13/78; 649, 4/14/81) 2. Any non-regulated domestic animal impounded hereunder may be reclaimed by the owner or harborer custodian of same within ten (10) days after receiving notice of such impoundment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, upon payment to the City of White Bear Lake of an impounding fee as established by the city from time to time together with the actual costs incurred for boarding. 3. Any regulated animal impounded hereunder may be reclaimed by the owner or harborer custodian of same within five (5) days after receiving notice of such impoundment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, upon payment to the City of an impounding fee as established by the city from time to time together with the actual costs incurred for boarding. 5. Selling of Impounded Animals. 1. Any non-regulated domestic animal taken up and impounded that has not been reclaimed within the time provided herein, or if the owner or harborer custodian cannot be located, then within five (5) days, the person in charge of the pound shall give five (5) days’ notice of the time and place where said animal will be sold by posting notices in the office in charge of the pound, the office of the City Clerk, and in a conspicuous place at the pound. Should the person in charge of the pound be unable to sell said animal, for want of bidders or otherwise, that person cannot sell or to otherwise dispose of such animal thereafter without notice to the City. 2. Any regulated animal taken up and impounded hereunder may be that is not reclaimed by the owner or harborer custodian of same within five (5) days after receiving notice of such impoundment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, the animal may be sold or destroyed and the impounding fees to the City together with the actual costs incurred for boarding, notices and other such expenses along with reasonable legal and administrative fees shall be assessed to the owners’ or harborers’ custodians’ property. 6. Animals Which Cannot be Impounded. If an animal is rabid, or otherwise diseased, vicious, or dangerous, and cannot be impounded after a reasonable effort or without serious risk to the law enforcement or Animal Control officer, impound employees, or others, such animal may be immediately killed.