2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-4408 — Rabies control authority; pounds; authorized; impoundment; notice; release; fee.
Section 71-4408Rabies control authority; pounds; authorized; impoundment; notice; release; fee.
(1) The rabies control authority may authorize an animal pound or pounds or may enter into a cooperative agreement with a licensed veterinarian for the establishment and operation of a pound.
(2) Any dog found outside the owner's premises whose owner does not possess a valid certificate of rabies vaccination and valid rabies vaccination tag for such dog shall be impounded. The rabies control authority may require the impoundment of domestic animals other than dogs. All impounded domestic animals shall be given proper care, treatment, and maintenance. Each impounded domestic animal shall be kept and maintained at the pound for a period of not less than seventy-two hours unless reclaimed earlier by the owner.
(3) Notice of impoundment of all animals, including any significant marks of identification, shall be posted at the pound as public notification of impoundment. Any unvaccinated domestic animal may be reclaimed by its owner during the period of impoundment by payment of prescribed pound fees and by complying with the rabies vaccination requirement of sections 71-4401 to 71-4412 within seventy-two hours of release. Any vaccinated domestic animal impounded because its owner has not presented a valid certificate of rabies vaccination and a valid rabies vaccination tag for such domestic animal may be reclaimed by its owner by furnishing proof of rabies vaccination and payment of all impoundment fees prior to release.
(4) At the expiration of impoundment a domestic animal may be claimed by payment of established pound fees and by compliance with the rabies vaccination requirement of sections 71-4401 to 71-4412 within seventy-two hours of release. If the domestic animal is unclaimed at the end of five days, the authorities may dispose of the domestic animal in accordance with applicable laws or rules and regulations.
Source:
- Laws 1969, c. 445, § 8, p. 1487
Laws 1987, LB 104, § 8
~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska
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