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Updated 2016 Appeal Hearing FAQ
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<br /> <br />ANIMAL SERVICES <br /> <br />1601 Eubanks Road http://orangecountync.gov/animalservices phone: (919) 942-7387 <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 fax: (919) 918-2393 <br /> <br /> <br />Potentially Dangerous Dog & Vicious Appeal Hearings: <br />Frequently Asked Questions <br /> <br />Key Questions <br /> <br />What declarations can be appealed? <br /> <br />North Carolina General Statute (67-4.1) requires that a dog that has displayed certain behaviors <br />be deemed potentially dangerous and be held to a strict standard by their owners or keepers. <br />The same statute requires that a hearing be made available to a dog owner to appeal such a <br />declaration. Owners of dogs that have been declared potentially dangerous by Orange County <br />Animal Services have three (3) days from the notice of such a determination to request an <br />appeal the decision. <br />Under Orange County’s Animal Ordinance (4-42) a dog may be declared a vicious animal <br />because it has been declared potentially dangerous under state law and/or because it has <br />displayed certain behaviors.The ordinance requires that a hearing be made available to a dog <br />owner to appeal such a declaration and owners have five (5) days from the notice of such a <br />determination to request an appeal except in Carrboro (see below). <br />Note that some declarations will be made both under North Carolina General Statute and <br />Orange County’s Animal Ordinance. In these cases, an animal will have been declared both <br />potentially dangerous and vicious, and the owner must appeal both declarations in order to <br />have each of them reviewed. In those cases, one (dual) request may be made via email/letter <br />and a single hearing will be held for both declarations. <br /> <br />
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