Winchester's Leash Law:
TITLE 10,
section 10-103. RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for
any person owning or being in charge of any horses, mules, donkeys,
cattle, chickens turkeys, ducks, geese, goats, sheep, horses, dogs,
cats or similar animals or fowls, either domesticated or non-domesticated,
to knowingly or negligently permit any of them to run at large in any
street, alley or unenclosed lot within the corporate limits (1983 Code).
TITLE
10, section 10-108. IMPOUNDMENT. Any animal or fowl found running at
large or otherwise being in violation of this chapter may be seized
by the director of health or by any police officer and confined in a
pound provided or designated by the city council. 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. If the owner is not known or cannot
be located, a notice describing the impounded animal or fowl will be
posted in at least three (3) public places within the cooperate limits.
In either case the notice shall state that the impounded animal or fowl
must be claimed within five (5) days by paying the pound costs or the
same will be sold or humanely destroyed. If not claimed by the owner,
the animal or fowl shall be sold or humanely destroyed, or it may otherwise
be disposed of as authorized by the city council.
The pound keeper shall collect from each person claiming an impounded
animal or fowl reasonable fees, in accordance with a schedule approved
by the city council, to cover the costs of impoundment and maintenance
(1983 Code).
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