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(b) Any person seeking to have a dog licensed at the micro -chip rate must present a certificate from a humane society, animal care center, or a licensed veterinarian showing the description, age, and breed of the dog and certifying that a micro -chip has been implanted in the dog. Section 4-7. Licensing of strayed or stolen dogs. No person shall procure a license for a dog which has strayed from its owner's premises or which has been picked up on a roadway or public place unaccompanied by its owner or other person or which has been stolen from its owner. Section 4-8. Reserved. Division 2. Leash and Confinement Requirements. Section 4-9. Leash requirement. (a) No person shall bring or permit any dog in any roadway, County park, public or private school ground, airport, or in any other public place unless it is held under control by a suitable leash, not more than six feet long; provided, however, that dogs even under control by a suitable leash shall not be allowed in any County beach park. (b) Licensed dogs, when accompanied by and under the control of their owner, while lawfully on public or private hunting grounds and engaged in the act of hunting, will not be subject to the leash requirements, however, at all other times, the dogs are subject to the requirements of this section. (c) This section shall not apply to guide dogs, hearing dogs, or service dogs, as defined in section 4-1, or to dogs used for purposes of law enforcement by law enforcement agencies of the Federal, State or County governments. (d) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog, whether the dog is licensed or not, to permit such dog to become a stray. Section 4-10. Female dogs. (a) Any female dog in estrus is not permitted to run at large or be off the premises of the owner or keeper during this period except when being exercised on a leash by a responsible adult. (b) At all other times, when any dog is in estrus such dog shall be confined within a building or enclosure in such manner that she will not come in contact (except for intentional breeding purposes) with a male dog. Section 4-11. Reserved. Division 3. Stray Dogs. Section 4-12. 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 roadway, court, place, square, or grounds, or upon any unfenced lot, or not within a sufficient enclosure, and confine it in a pound 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 $25. Every dog found without a registration tag affixed to the collar of such dog will be deemed to be unlicensed. 5