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Boa 97 P-muc .33 4. The owner or keeper shall notify the county animal control division imme- diately if a. vicieus dog is on the loose, is unconfined, has attacked another an- imal 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. g. The division or any officer is hereby em- powered 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 sur- render 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. 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to canine dogs owned by a law enforcement de- partment while such dogs are engaged in the scope of law enforcement duties. 5. Any vicious dog which 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 accor- dance with this section, or which is not main- tained on property with an enclosure, or which shall be outside of the dwelling of the owner or keeper, or outside of an enclosure, or which is not tattooed, shall be confiscated by an officer and disposed of in a humane manner after written no- tice is provided to the owner that such dog has been confiscated. 6. If any vicious dog shall, when unprovoked, kill or wound or assist in killing or wounding any domestic animal or attack, assault, wound, bite or otherwise injure or kill a human being, the officer is empowered to issue a citation or to impound the dog and after written notice to the owner and ex- piration of the one hundred twenty -hour waiting period to dispose of such vicious dog in a humane manner. 7. No person shall be charged under this sec- tion- unless the dog, prior to the offense alleged, shall have been declared vicious pursuant to the provisions of this section. 8. If the owner or keeper of a dog which has been impounded under this section shall believe that there has not been a violation of such sec- tions hereof, the owner or keeper may file a peti- tion for injunctive relief in the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Indian JANUARY 2 1996 33 M M