35.10.030 Animal or Dogs to be seized and impounded; Notification of owner; Unclaimed dogs.

(a) No animal or dog without a current registration tag, no dog of a fierce, dangerous or vicious nature, no female dog in heat, and no animal or dog which becomes a nuisance to others when trespassing upon streets, public places or premises of others shall be permitted to run at large within the territory and jurisdiction of TMBCI. The TMBCI Animal Control Department, the BIA/TMBCI law enforcement or any persons specifically appointed for such purposes are hereby authorized to seize and impound such animals or dogs in a tribally designated and maintained impoundment, and the owner, if known, shall be promptly notified. Unless an animal or dog is redeemed by its owner within five (5) days after such notice, or, if the owner is unknown, within five (5) days after its impoundment, it shall be considered unclaimed.

(b) If at the expiration of the said time period from the date of the notice to the owner or from the first posting of such notice, such animal or dog has not have been redeemed, it may be destroyed or given to an adoptive home.

(c) Any animal or dog suffering from rabies, or infected with hydrophobia, mange or other infectious or dangerous disease, SHALL NOT be released, but may be immediately destroyed without any waiting period requirement.