Legal Documents of Maryville

Any animal or fowl found running at large or otherwise being kept in violation of this chapter may be seized by the animal control officer or by any police officer of the city and confined in a pound provided or designated by the City of Maryville. If the owner is known he shall be given notice in person, by telephone, or by a postcard addressed to his last-known mailing address, and the animal or fowl will be humanely destroyed or sold if not claimed within ten (10) days. If the owner is not known, a notice describing the impounded animal or fowl will be posted at the entrance to the animal shelter. The notice shall state that the impounded animal or fowl must be claimed within ten (10) days by paying the pound costs or the same will humanely be destroyed or sold. If not claimed by the owner within the specified period, the animal or fowl shall be sold or humanely destroyed. (1999 Code, § 10-307)