§ 6-1.403. Amendments: Section 4432-1: Deposit of Neutering and Spaying Costs.

For the purposes of this chapter, Section 4432-1 of the Ventura County Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

  Sec. 4432-1. Deposit of Neutering and Spaying Costs. No dog capable of reproduction shall be sold by the Poundmaster pursuant to Section 4432 of this chapter unless the person purchasing the dog has first signed a written promise to cause the dog to be neutered or spayed on or before a specified deadline and has first deposited with the Poundmaster for application towards the cost of such neutering or spaying the amount of Ten and no/100ths ($10.00) Dollars, in the case of a male dog, or Twenty and no/100ths ($20.00) Dollars, in the case of a female dog. The specified deadline shall be the 180th day after such purchase or the day estimated by the Poundmaster to be the day on which the dog will attain the age of nine (9) months, in the case of a male dog, or seven (7) months, in the case of a female dog, whichever day is later in time. The deposit shall be nonrefundable but may be transferred at any time prior to the specified deadline upon showing satisfactorily to the Poundmaster that the original dog is either dead or too ill to undergo the operation on or before such deadline. Upon the written verification of a licensed veterinarian that the veterinarian has neutered or spayed the dog on or before the deadline, the entire amount of the deposit shall be forwarded to the veterinarian to be applied toward the veterinarian's fee for such operation or to be disposed of in such other manner as the veterinarian and the person who made the deposit may agree. If no such verification is received by the Poundmaster within thirty (30) days after the deadline, the deposit shall be deemed forfeited and shall revert to the County General Fund. This section shall not be construed to impose any obligation upon either the County, the City, or the Poundmaster to pay any part of the veterinarian's fee in the event the fee is greater than the amount of the deposit or to refund any part of the deposit in the event the veterinarian's fee is less than the amount of such deposit.

(§ 2, Ord. 482, eff. August 26, 1981)