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M ORDINANCE NO. 90- M cancellation, modification, expiration or termination of the liability insurance policy required by this section. d. The owner or keeper shall notify the Indian River County Animal Control Division immediately if a vicious dog is on the loose, is unconfined, has attacked another animal or has attacked a human being, or has died or has been sold or given away. If the vicious dog has been sold or given away, the owner or keeper shall also provide to the Division the name, address and telephone number of the new owner of the vicious dog. 7. The Division or any officer is hereby empowered to make whatever inquiry is deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section, and the Division or any officer is hereby empowered to seize and Impound any vicious dog whose owner or keeper fails to comply with the provisions hereof. In the event that the owner or keeper of the dog refuses to surrender the animal to the Division or officer, a search warrant may be obtained from the circuit court and the dog may be seized upon execution of the warrant. (d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to canine dogs owned by a law enforcement department while such dogs are engaged in the scope of law enforcement duties. (e) Any vicious do2which does not have a valid license in accordance with the provisions of this section or whose owner or keeper does not secure the liability insurance coverage required in accordance with this section, or which is not maintained on property with an enclosure, or which shall be outside of the dwelling of the owner or keeper, or outside of an enclosure except as provided in subsection (d)4, or which is not tattooed, shall be CODING: Words in $IttW/M60Ii type are deletions from existing law; words underlined are additions. b .q