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Minnesota Statutes 2004, Chapter 347. owner does not claim the dog the officer shall dispose of the dog in a proper and humane manner. Subd. 3. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 347.08 to Y?',�' shall he liable to a penalty of not less than $5�nor more than $50 for such violation. HIST: (7297-47) 1939 c 914 s 7; 1943 c 294 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s`7; 1986 c 444 ==397.15 347.15 Persons damaged, claims filed. Subdivision 1. Presentation and investigation. The owner of any domestic animals, including poultry and game hirds, attacked, chased, worried, injured, or killed by a dog or dogs may, within ten days after the owner shall have knowledge or notice thereof, file a written claim for damages with the clerk of the town or city in which the damage occurred. The form of such claim may he prescribed ':: the county auditor. Upon presentation of such claim the supervisors of the town, the board of trustees of the statutory city, or the council of the city, or a committee appointed for that purpose '::•Y the supervisors, the board of trustees or the council, shall promptly investigate the claim and may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony relative thereto and shall, within 30 days after the filing of the claim, make, certify, and return to the county auditor the claim, a report of the investigation, the testimony taken, and the amount of damages, if any, suffered by the owner of the animals. Subd. 2. Form; proof; allowances; appeal. The form of the report and certification shall he prescribed by the county auditor and shall be subscribed by the supervisors, board, or committee making the same. The county auditor shall lay before the county board, at its first meeting following the receipt of the claim, all claims so filed and reported and the same shall be acted upon and determined by the county hoard as other claims are determined and acted upon, and the county hoard shall equalize the values and claims between and within the various towns of the county. The amount of damages filed and reported to the county auditor shall be prima facie proof of the actual damages sustained, but evidence may he taken before the county board relative to the claims as in other cases, and appeals from the action of ��Ae county board shall lie as in other cases. On appeal from the action of the county hoard, the trial shall he by the court without a jury. Subd. 3. Payment. Such claims shall be solely against the dog license fund and shall create no other liability on the part of the county. Subd. 9. Limitation of amount. The amount allowed .: the county board upon any such claim shall in no case exceed $100 for each horse, mule, or bovine; $15 for each sheep or goat; $30 for each swine; or $3 for each fowl. When the claimant shall furnish conclusive evidence as to the ownership Page 7 of 20 http://www.revisarleg. stat�.��n.us/bin/getpub.pi�p?pubtype—STAT_CHAP&year=current&claaptea' ... 4/7/2005