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Page 12 City of Mounds View (g) Duplicate tags: If a dog tag is lost, a duplicate may be issued by the Clerk- Administrator upon presentation of a receipt showing payment of the license fee for the current year. A charge of two dollars ($2.00) shall be paid for each duplicate tag. (h) Change of address: An dog owner shall notify the Clerk-Administrator of any change of address inside the city within ten (10) days. (i) Refunds: No dog tag shall be transferred 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 farm animal, the dog shall be impounded or confined for a period of ten (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 will not 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 of the officer, the dog may be surrendered 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 term of impoundment ends by paying an impoundment fee, boarding charge, and veterinary service charge. Fees not set by the pound shall be determined 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.