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15. Section 4-20. Seizure of dogs by officers. (a) Seizure of Unlicensed Dogs. (1) Every officer shall seize any unlicensed dog found running at large or found upon any [$ulrlie ] roadway, court, place, square, or grounds, or upon any unfenced lot, or not within a sufficient enclosure, and confine it in a pound or any suitable enclosure for a minimum period of forty-eight hours, during which time it shall be subject to redemption by its owner by payment of the license due, if any, and an impoundment fee of [$I-9] $25. Every dog found without a registration tag affixed to his or her collar will be deemed to be unlicensed. (3) The owner of any unlicensed dog impounded and not claimed within forty-eight hours as provided in this section, may redeem the dog at any time before sale or destruction by paying to the humane society or animal care center, in addition to the amount of the license and impoundment fee, the sum of [$3] 15 per day for the number of days over two days the dog was impounded. (4) Of the moneys so received, the amount of the impoundment fee or kennel fees, if any, shall be paid to the director of finance of the County of Hawaii. (b) Seizure of Licensed Stray Dogs. (2) The officer shall notify the person to whom the license was issued, at the address given in the license certificate, and shall, upon demand made within forty-eight hours thereafter, release the dog to the person upon payment of an impoundment fee of [$-1-0] X15. (3) If no person lawfully entitled to the dog shall, within seven days after the date of giving notice, claim the dog, the dog may be sold or destroyed by the humane society or animal care center. (4) The owner of any licensed dog impounded and not claimed within forty-eight hours may redeem the dog at any time before the sale or destruction of the dog by paying to the humane society or animal care center, in addition to the [$d-9] 25 impoundment fee, the sum of [ $5 ] 15 per day for the number of days over two days the dog was impounded. (5) All impoundment and kennel fees collected by the humane society or animal care center in any given month shall be deposited by the humane society or animal care center no later than the fifth day of the following month with the finance director to the credit of the County of Hawaii general fund account. 16. Section 4-21. Seizure of stray dogs by persons other than officers. (a) Every person other than an officer as defined hereinabove who takes into possession any stray dog shall within forty-eight hours notify the humane society or animal care center and release the dog to the humane society or animal care center to be impounded and disposed of according to section 4-20. (b) There shall be a penalty of {$1-9] not less than $75 nor more than $1000 for each violation of this section. An enforcement officer issuing a citation for a first violation of this section may set a fine of $75 to be paid before the court date set in the complaint and summons. However, if the fine is not paid by the initial court date a iudee will not be bound to the fine of $75. 17. Section 4-23. Female dogs. (c) A penalty of {$}8) not less than $75 nor more than $1000 shall be imposed upon the owner or keeper of a dog for each violation of this section. (dam An enforcement officer issuine a citation for a first violation of this section may set a fine of $75 to be paid before the court date set in the complaint and summons. However, if the fine is not paid by the initial court date a iudee will not be bound to the fine of $75. 18. Section 4-25. [Noisy dog; procedure For abatement of nuisance.] Penalty for Noisy Dogs. (a) A penalty of not less than $75 nor more than $1000 shall be imposed upon the owner or keeper of a doe for each violation of this section.