Alameda Municipal Code § 7-1 Animal Shelter

A public animal shelter is authorized and established, which animal shelter shall be located at a place to be designated by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

The Supervising Animal Control Officer shall keep a true and faithful record of the number and description of all animals taken into his/her custody, with the date of their receipt and the date and manner of their disposal, with the fees and charges collected on account of the animals, and the disposition thereof. The record to be kept by the Supervising Animal Control Officer on approved forms, which shall be the record of the office of the Supervising Animal Control Officer. He/she shall also provide necessary subsistence for all animals while in his/her custody.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

The Supervising Animal Control Officer shall have the authority to dispose of all animals without an identified owner if not reclaimed within three (3) days, excluding Sunday, Monday, and holidays, after impoundment. Any animal whose owner or keeper is identified by a tag attached to the animal may be disposed of after fourteen (14) days of notice of availability of the animal to be returned if the owner does not pay for the cost of the seizure and care of the animal and take possession of the animal within that time. Under these circumstances, the animal shall be deemed to have been abandoned.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

The Supervising Animal Control Officer may sell for cash, all animals so authorized, as provided in the preceding subsection, and out of the proceeds of the sale thereof, pay his/her proper fees and charges, and all reasonable and proper demands made under the provisions of this Code. Any balance of the proceeds of a sale of any animal remaining after the payment of such fees, charges, and demands, shall be paid into the General Fund of the City.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Any animal may be reclaimed by the owner or person entitled to its control before the sale thereof, pursuant to Section 7-1.3, by paying all fees and charges that have been incurred or accrued up to the time of reclamation.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any animal from the custody of any Animal Control Officer or from the animal shelter without first obtaining authorization for the release of such animal. The Supervising Animal Control Officer may retake any animal directly or indirectly conveyed or delivered out of the animal shelter without lawful authority and again impound and retain the same, and proceed as heretofore provided in the same manner as if the animal had never been released from the animal shelter.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)