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Subsection 4: Subsequent offenses If a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor for violating a provision of this Ordinance, and the person is charged with a subsequent violation relating to the same dog, the dog shall be seized by the Animal Control Authority. If the owner is convicted of the crime for which the dog was seized, the hearing officer may order that the dog be destroyed in a proper and humane manner and the owner pay the cost of confining and destroying the dog. If the person is not convicted of the crime for which the dog was seized, the owner may reclaim the dog upon payment to the Animal Control Authority of a fee for the care and boarding of the dog. If the dog is not reclaimed by the owner within thirty (30) days after the owner has been notified that the dog may be reclaimed, the dog may be disposed of as provided under Minnesota Statutes Section 35.71, Subdivision 3. The owner is liable to the animal control authority for the costs incurred in confining, impounding, and disposing of the dog. SECTION 14 -DESTRUCTION OF DOGS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. Subsection 1: Upon infliction of death or bodily harm A dog that inflicted death or substantial or great bodily harm on a human being on public or private property without provocation may be destroyed in a proper and humane manner by the Animal Control Authority. The Animal Control Authority may not destroy the dog until the dog owner is provided the opportunity for a hearing before a hearing officer, as set forth in this Ordinance. Subsection 2: Suffering beyond cure Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, any dog taken into custody may be immediately disposed of when the dog is suffering and is beyond cure through reasonable care and treatment, upon a proper determination by a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine. The County shall recover from the dog's owner all costs incurred under this section. Subsection 3: Unclaimed dogs At the expiration of the time a dog is impounded as provided for in this Ordinance, if the dog has not been reclaimed in accordance with the provisions hereof, it shall be the duty of the Animal Control Authority to cause such dog to be destroyed according to the most humane and approved methods, or otherwise disposed of. SECTION 15 -PENALTY. (1) Any person who violates any provision of this Ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) It is a misdemeanor to remove a microchip from a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog; to fail to renew the registration of a dangerous dog; to fail to account for a dangerous dog's death, transfer of ownership, or removal from the jurisdiction; to sign a false affidavit with 070710 Sherburne County Dog Ordinance 1$