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6-145. Seizure. (1!1) Immediate Seizure. A. The Animal Control Officer or any public safety officer may immediately seize any potentially dangerous or dangerous dog if: 1. after fourteen days after the owner has notice that the dog is potentially dangerous or dangerous, the dog is not registered as required under Section 6-146 and no appeal has been filed; 2. in the case of a dangerous dog, after fourteen days after the owner has notice that the dog is dangerous, the owner does not secure the proper liability j insurance or surety coverage as required under Section 6-146(2) (B); j 3. the dog is not maintained in the proper enclosure; 4. the dog is outside the proper enclosure and not under physical restraint of responsible person as required under Section 6-147 (1); 5. after the owner has been notified that the dog is potentially dangerous or dangerous, the dog bites or attacks a person or domestic animal; or 6. the dog is not sterilized within thirty days pursuant to Section 6-147 (4). B. If an owner of a dog is convicted of a crime for which the dog was originally seized, the court may order that the dog be confiscated and destroyed in a proper manner, and that the owner pay the costs incurred in confiscating, confining, and destroying the dog. Reclaimed. A potentially dangerous or dangerous dog seized under Section 6-148(1) may reclaimed by the owner of the dog upon payment of impounding and boarding fees, and senting proof to the Animal Control Officer that the requirements of Section 6-146 and ;tion 6-147 will be met. A dog not reclaimed within seven days of seizure may be disposed is provided in Minn. Stat. § 35.71, subdivision 3. The owner is liable to the City for costs arred in confining and disposing of the dog. Subsequent Offenses. If a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor for violating a vision of Section 6-146 or 6-147, and the person is charged with a subsequent violation ting to the same dog, the Animal Control Officer must seize the dog. If the owner is victed of the crime for which the dog was seized, the court shall order that the dog be troyed in a proper and humane manner and the owner is responsible for paying the cost of fining and destroying the animal. If the person is not convicted of the crime for which the was seized, the owner may reclaim the dog upon payment to the City of a fee for the care boarding of the dog. If the dog is not reclaimed by the owner within seven days after the Ser has been notified that the dog may be reclaimed, the dog may be disposed of as vided under Minn. Stat. § 35.71, subdivision 3. The owner is liable to the City for the is incurred in confining, impounding, and disposing of the dog. MUM NEI 36-21 10