N.Y. AGM Law § 383

§ 383. Examination of seized animals or animals taken possession of.\n1. Consistent with the provisions of section one hundred seventeen of\nthis chapter and sections three hundred seventy-three and three hundred\nseventy-four of this article, no later than twenty-four hours, or as\nsoon as practicable, after a companion animal that is a dog or a cat has\nbeen seized or taken possession of, except for such animals that have\nbeen surrendered by the owner, by any dog control officer, animal\ncontrol officer or peace officer acting pursuant to his or her special\nduties, or police officer in the employ of or under contract with a\nmunicipality, or any duly incorporated society for the prevention of\ncruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter\nthat is operated by or under contract to a municipality, such officer,\nsociety, pound or shelter shall take steps to:\n (a) Check such animal for all forms of identification, including, but\nnot limited to, tags, microchips, tattoos or licenses; and\n (b) If practicable and if the necessary technology and equipment are\navailable, for the purposes of this paragraph, make available to the\npublic on the internet on a website or social media maintained by or\notherwise made available to such officer, society, pound or shelter by\nthe municipal or county government in which such officer, society, pound\nor shelter is located, a photograph, and a general description of the\nanimal to assist the owner or owners in finding the animal, including\nthe breed or breeds, if known. Information about the animal may be\nwithheld if deemed appropriate to facilitate finding the owner or\notherwise protect the safety of the animal. The notice required by this\nparagraph may be made by means other than the internet if use of the\ninternet is impracticable.\n 2. No later than twenty-four hours or as soon as practicable after the\nseizure or taking possession of such animal potentially identifiable by\na form of identification, including a license, tag, tattoo or microchip,\nor records or reports that are readily available of animals reported to\nbe lost, reasonable efforts shall be made to identify and provide actual\nnotice to the owner of the animal by any means reasonably calculated to\nprovide actual notice to the owner.\n