§ 800-201. ENTERING UPON PREMISES

(a)

Upon presentation of proper credentials, duly authorized representatives of the Health Officer or Community Services Director, or any peace officer may enter at reasonable times upon any premises where any dog is kept, or believed by him to be kept, for the purpose of taking up, seizing, or impounding any dog running at large, or for the purpose of ascertaining whether such dog is licensed as required by this Chapter, or for the purpose of inspecting the premises to ascertain whether by law of the County, or the State relating to the care, treatment, or impounding of dogs is being violated, or for the purpose of enforcing any other provisions of this Chapter.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or ordinance of the County of Sutter, Animal Control Officers shall not seize or impound a dog for the violation requiring a dog to be leashed or issue citations for violation of such leash requirements when the dog has not strayed from, and is upon, private property owned by the dog owner or the person who has a right to control the dog, or upon private property to which the dog owner or person who has the right to control the dog has a right of possession.

(c)

A dog that has strayed from but then returned to the private property of his owner or the person who has a right to control the dog shall not be seized or impounded, but in such a case a citation may be issued; provided, however, that if in such a situation the owner or person who has a right to control the dog is not home, the dog may be impounded, but Animal Control Officers shall post a notice of such impounding on the front door of the living unit of the owner or person who has a right to control the dog. Such notice shall state the following: that the dog has been impounded, where the dog is being held, the name, address, and telephone number of Animal Control Services, and an indication of ultimate disposition of the dog if no action to regain it is taken within a specified period of time by its owner or the person who has a right to control the dog.

(d)

This section shall not otherwise affect existing authority to seize or impound a dog or issue citations, as a result of a dog's being on property other than that owned by its owner or the person who has the right to control the dog.