Chowchilla City, California

6.04.20 – Animal licenses.

A. Every person owning, possessing, keeping, harboring, or having custody of any dog over four months old and all pot-bellied pigs shall obtain a license for each dog and potbellied pig. Such license shall be obtained, and the fee therefor paid, within thirty days after the day upon which a dog is four months old, within thirty days after acquisition of a dog if over four months old, within thirty days after acquisition of potbellied pig, or within thirty days of moving into the city. Thereafter, such license fee shall become due and payable on the date of expiration of the license previously issued to the owner for each respective animal. The amount of such fee shall be established in accordance with Section 6.04.160 of this chapter. A partial year license may be issued for dogs that are new acquisitions and have a rabies vaccination that is valid for less than twelve months. The license fee will be one-half the regular one-year license fee. The license will expire with the rabies vaccination and is subject to renewal as outlined above.

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C. Upon the written certification of a veterinarian that a dog has been surgically sterilized, the amount of the license fee shall be not more than one-half the fee established for intact dogs.