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(2) If not so redeemed, the dog shall be sold by the officer for the amount of the license and impoundment fee, or as much more as can be obtained therefore, and if not so sold, it shall be humanely destroyed. (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 disposal by paying to the humane society or animal care center, in addition to the amount of the license and impoundment fee, a kennel fee of $15 per day for the number of days over two days the dog was impounded. (4) All impoundment fees and kennel fees shall be paid to the director of finance and deposited into the spay -neuter special fund. (b) Seizure of licensed stray dogs. (1) Every officer shall seize and impound any licensed stray dog. (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 $25. (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 humane disposal of the dog by paying to the humane society or animal care center, in addition to the $25 impoundment fee, a kennel fee of $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 who shall deposit the monies into the spay -neuter special fund. Section 4-13. Seizure of stray dogs by persons other than officers. 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 such humane society or animal care center to be impounded and disposed of according to section 4-12. Section 4-14. Redemption of seized dogs after sale. The owner of any dog which has been seized and sold as provided in this chapter may, at any time within thirty days after the sale, redeem the same from the purchaser by paying to such person the amount of the purchase price paid by the purchaser and the sum of $5 per day for the number of days from the date of sale to and including the date of redemption, plus bona fide veterinary expenses. Section 4-15. Reserved. 0