Any dangerous dog shall be subject to immediate confiscation by the animal control authority if: (A) the dog is not validly registered under ACC 6.35.020 or, if brought into the city after having been declared dangerous in any other jurisdiction, has not been validly registered within 10 days of its first arrival within the city; (B) the owner does not secure the liability insurance coverage required under said ACC 6.35.020; (C) the dog is not maintained in the proper enclosure as defined and described in ACC 6.01.010(A)(27); or (D) the dog is outside of the dwelling of the owner, or outside of the proper enclosure and not under physical restraint of a responsible person. The owner must pay the costs of confinement and control. The animal control authority must serve notice upon the dog owner in person or by regular and certified mail, return receipt requested, specifying the reason for the confiscation of the dangerous dog, that the owner is responsible for payment of the costs of confinement and control, and that the dog will be destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner if the deficiencies for which the dog was confiscated are not corrected within 20 days. The animal control authority shall destroy the confiscated dangerous dog in an expeditious and humane manner if any deficiencies required by this section are not corrected within 20 days of notification. In addition, other than where violations are prosecuted as a felony pursuant to RCW 16.08.100, any owner who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable in accordance with ACC 9.02.030. (Ord. 6424 § 4, 2012; Ord. 6244 § 5, 2009; Ord. 5996 § 1, 2006; Ord. 5829 § 1, 2004.)