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FINAL DRAFT Lino Lakes Animal Ordinance 4. Stopping an attack. If authorized city personnel are witness to an attack by an animal upon a person or another animal, the personnel may take whatever means the personnel deems appropriate to bring the attack to an end and prevent further injury to the victim. 5. Notification of changes. The owner of an animal designated as dangerous or potentially dangerous must notify authorized city personnel in writing if the animal has died, is to be relocated from its current address, or is to be given or sold to another person. The notification must be given in writing at least 14 days before the change of address or ownership, or within 14 days after the animal's death. The notification must include the current owner's name and address, any relocation address, and the name and address of any new owner. Upon notice of relocation, authorized city personnel shall inform the new city or township in which the animal is being relocated to. 503.17 FORFEITURE OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS. 1. The ownership rights of a person owning the following types of animals may be forfeited to the city pursuant to the procedure in this section: a. a public nuisance animal; b. a wild animal; and c. a maltreated animal. In addition, the ownership rights of other animals owned by the same owner may be forfeited if he /she has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to properly care for or control the animal in order to prevent it from becoming a public nuisance animal or a maltreated animal. 2. Authorized city personnel must notify the owner or apparent owner of the animal sought to be forfeited that the city intends to forfeit his/her ownership rights. The notice must be served on the owner personally or by registered mail. The notice must be in writing and state the reasons why forfeiture is sought, including a summary of applicable incidents. 3. If the animal is deemed forfeited, the owner must immediately give the animal to authorized city personnel, and a failure or refusal to do so is a misdemeanor. Authorized city personnel may use reasonable force and go onto private property to take the animal into custody. 4. Authorized city personnel will determine on a case by case basis whether forfeited animals may be destroyed or given to new owners who will adequately care for and control the animal. 503.18 FARM ANIMALS. Amended 3/15/05 Page 14 of 15