(a) An owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall, prior to reclamation, pay all fees and subsistence costs incurred by such animal for care, custody, impoundment, and all other fees and charges as fixed by resolution of the assembly and in accordance with this title.

(b) The owner of an impounded animal shall remain personally liable for all impoundment and subsistence fees, even if the owner abandons the animal to the animal control officer, and the animal is adopted by another or euthanized. [Ord. No. 923, §1, 12-20-93. Code 1974 §20.40.020.]