Richmond, Missouri

Section 210.200 Dogs Running At Large.

D. Impoundment. Any dog, male or female, licensed or unlicensed, found running at large within the corporate limits of the City may be seized by the Animal Control Officer or Police Officer and shall be held at the City animal shelter or facility for a period of one (1) week. During such period, the animal may be claimed by its owner upon proper satisfaction to the appropriate Animal Control Officer or Police Officer that such person is the owner of the animal and upon paying the per-day charge for care of the animal for the cost of caring for such animal and the associated fee as detailed in the City’s Comprehensive Fee Schedule, held on file in the City offices. Each licensed animal not so claimed during such one-week period shall be held an additional three (3) days, during which time any person, upon paying the sum of the incurred costs for caring for such animal, may take possession of such animal upon being given a certificate by the City and shall become the owner of such animal. Any such person purchasing an animal from the City shall have such animal properly vaccinated, neutered and licensed. Every animal, male or female, licensed or unlicensed, not claimed during the second three-day period shall be destroyed by the appropriate officer of the City, as directed by this Chapter.

Section 210.230 Impoundment Procedures.

D. Any animal not reclaimed by its owner within one (1) week shall become the property of the City and shall be placed for adoption in a suitable home or humanely euthanized. An animal not claimed within one (1) week shall be held an additional three (3) days, during which time any person, upon paying the sum of the incurred costs for caring for such animal, may take possession of such animal upon being given a certificate by the City and shall become the owner of such animal. Any such person purchasing an animal from the City shall have such animal properly vaccinated, neutered and licensed.

Section 210.270 Kennel License.

Kennel owners or breeders shall obtain a kennel license upon payment of two hundred dollars ($200.00). An affidavit, together with an application for license, shall be presented setting forth and describing the kennel or breeding operation for which such license is sought. If such application is by a person who is a bona fide kennel owner or breeder of dogs and provided that all kept in connection with such operation and not licensed as otherwise provided herein are kept upon the applicant’s premises at all times, such payment shall be exclusive of any other fees mentioned in this Section. Such kennel license shall be issued for one (1) year, beginning with the first day of January in the year of operation; and the operator may apply for the license in January without penalty for delay; but when an application which should have been made by January 31 is not made until after January 31, the appropriate license fee shall be increased by fifty percent (50%). If an operation shall commence after January 31, the license fee for the year of commencement may be prorated to the nearest quarter, and the fifty percent (50%) penalty for delinquency shall be added thirty (30) days after the date the license should have been procured.