Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 588.22 (2025)

Duty of impounder.

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588.22 Duty of impounder.The sheriff or county animal control center, whichever is designated by the board of county commissioners, shall provide feed for the impounded animals and see that such livestock shall have feed and water not less than twice a day and that all milk cows and milk goats are milked twice a day. The sheriff or county animal control center shall employ poundmasters, guards, or other persons as may be necessary to protect, feed, care for, and have custody of, the impounded animals and the sheriff or county animal control center shall be entitled to the fees herein allowed for such feed and care.
History.s. 11, ch. 25236, 1949; s. 6, ch. 77-200.

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