The Dog The Pound Picked Up
Agric. & Mkts. Law § 117 — five days for an unidentified dog, seven or nine after notice for an identified one
Not identified. A seized dog that is not identified is held for five days from the day seized, during which the owner may redeem it by showing the dog has been licensed and identified and paying the impoundment fees.
Identified. The owner of record of an identified dog is notified personally or by certified mail. After personal notice, the dog is held for seven days after the day of notice; after notice by mail, for nine days from the date of mailing.
The fees. Impoundment fees rise for a second or third impoundment within a year, and an owner forfeits title to a dog not redeemed when the redemption period ends.
Dangerous dog proceedings, bite quarantines, and local fee schedules are set out elsewhere and are not on this page. What a particular shelter's hours or fees are is a question for that shelter or a licensed New York attorney.
Sources for this section (1)
- Agric. & Mkts. Law § 117 — Seizure of dogs; redemption periods; impoundment fees; adoption
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