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current year. A charge of two dollars ($2.00) shall be paid for each duplicate tag. . (i) Refunds: No dog tag shall be transfelTed to another dog or dog owner and no refund shall be made on any license fee. (j) Offense involving tags: It shall be unlawful to counterfeit or attempt to counterfeit the tags provided for herein or for any person other than the owner to remove from any dog a tag required by this ordinance. Subd. 6. Rabies bites: (a) Whenever a dog has bitten a human or a domestic or fann animal. the dog shall be impounded or confined for a period often (10) days or more at the expense of the owner of the dog. Except for the time limit, disposition or redemption shall be in accordance with provisions of this Chapter. The impoundment or confinement may be waived whenever the dog owner presents to the Community Service Officer or a police officer a certificate of a licensed veterinarian indicating that the dog has been vaccinated for rabies on a date not less than twenty-four (24) months prior to the date of the bite. . (b) A dog owner ,,:yilLn~!"! keep a dog that has been bitten by any animal known to have been afflicted with rabies. A dog owner who has a dog which has been bitten by an animal known to have been afflicted with rabies shall, upon demand of the Community Service Officer or any police officer of the city, surrender the dog to the officer for observation and/or treatment. With the approval oflJ.l9 officer, the dog may be sUlTendered to a registered veterinarian or to any approved nonprofit corporation organized for the purpose of sheltering dogs. Subd. 7. Impoundment and redemption: (a) Fees: the dog owner may redeem a dog impounded after the teml of impoundment ends bv paving an impoundment fee, boarding charge, and veterinary service charge. Fees not set by the pound shall be detemlined by the City Council per resolution. (b) Upon purchase or presentation of a current license tag and a receipt for the fees required above, the pound shall release the dog to its owner upon adequate proof of ownership. (c) Disposition ofumedeemed animals: Any dog which is not redeemed within the time allowed by this Chapter may be sold for not less than the amount provided above to anyone desiring to purchase the dog, if the dog is not requested by a licensed education or scientific institution under Minnesota Statutes 35.71. Any dog which is not redeemed by the owner or sold shall be disposed of. . (d) Time for redemption: All impounded dogs except those confined for observation of rabies, shall be redeemed within five (5) davs, not includin,g Sundays or legal holidays, after the dog was impounded. Any dog not redeemed within five (5) days may be sold, destroved or otherwise disposed of.