10.02.040 Dog licenses and tags.
A. Upon being presented with a certificate of vaccination, as required in this chapter, and upon payment of the Town license fee, the Town Clerk shall issue a dog license and tag, retaining a record thereof in her office. Said license shall be valid for a period of three (3) years per calendar year. No license shall be issued for any dog without the production of a certificate of vaccination and payment of the license fee.
B. The three (3) year license fee for dogs shall be set forth in Appendix A of this code.
C. The license shall contain the following information:
1. The name and address of the owner or harborer of the licensed dog;
2. The date of inoculation and date of license;
3. The year and series number of the dog tag; and
4. The breed, age, color and sex of the inoculated dog.
D. The license tag issued with the license shall be made of a durable material suitable to be attached to the collar or harness of the inoculated dog. Such tag shall be prepared and distributed by the Town Clerk.
E. Every owner or harborer of a dog shall attach the tag evidencing the licensing to the collar or harness of the inoculated and licensed dog and such collar or harness shall be worn by the dog at all times. The license shall be retained by the owner or harborer of the inoculated and licensed dog for inspection by any person charged with the enforcement of this chapter.
F. Any person who owns or harbors a licensed dog and knowingly fails or refuses to exhibit his copy of the license, or knowingly fails or refuses to attach the license tag to the collar or harness of the licensed dog commits a noncriminal municipal offense.
G. Licenses shall not be transferable. Any person who knowingly possesses a license or affixes a license tag to any dog other than the specific animal for which the license was issued commits a noncriminal municipal offense. (Ord. 529 §1, 2005; Amended Ord. 640 §1, 2011; Amended Ord. 713 §3, 2017; Amended Ord. 715 §2 (Exh. A), 2017)