§ 9-20. Notice to owner; disposition of seized dogs., Chapter 9. Animals and Shelters, Code of Ordinances, Paulsboro

If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person, or a registration tag, or the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog is known, the Borough Official shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.

A notice under this section may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or by leaving it at the person's usual or last known place of abode or at the address given on the collar, or by forwarding it by post in a certified letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or to the address given on the collar.

When any dog so seized has been detained after seven days after notice, when notice can be given as above set forth, or has been detained for seven days after seizure when no notice has been given, as above set forth, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not claimed said dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including maintenance not exceeding $1 per day, and if the dog be unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license and registration tag for said dog, the Borough Official may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.