6.08.130 Penalties.
(1) Violations of any of the prohibited acts under ECMC 6.08.120 may result in the following penalties:
(a) Immediate Confiscation of the Dog.
(i) The animal control officer shall immediately confiscate and impound any potentially dangerous or dangerous dog found within the city limits in violation of this chapter and the animal control authority shall hold the same until such time as the prohibited act is abated.
(ii) The animal control officer shall immediately impound any dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog found running at large as defined in ECMC 6.08.030(7).
(b) Civil infraction subject to a C-1 penalty.
(2) If a dangerous dog of an owner with a prior conviction under this chapter or Chapter 16.08 RCW attacks or bites a person or another domestic animal, the dog’s owner is guilty of a Class C felony, punishable in accordance with RCW 9A.20.021. In addition, the dangerous dog shall be immediately confiscated by an animal control officer, placed with the animal control authority to be held in quarantine for the proper length of time, and thereafter destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner.
(3) The owner of any dog that aggressively attacks and causes severe injury or death of any human, whether the dog has previously been declared potentially dangerous or dangerous, shall be guilty of a Class C felony, punishable in accordance with RCW 9A.20.021. In addition, the dangerous dog shall be immediately confiscated by an animal control officer, placed with the animal control authority to be held in quarantine for the proper length of time, and thereafter destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner.
(4) Any person violating this chapter shall pay all expenses, including shelter, food, veterinary expenses for identification or certification of the breed of the animal or boarding and veterinary expenses necessitated by the seizure of the dog for the protection of the public, and such other expenses as may be required for the destruction of any such dog. (Ord. 547 § 1, 2019)