Hays, Kansas

Sec. 5-57. – Tax on owners and harborers of dogs, cats, and constrictor snakes.

(a) There shall be, and there is levied, an animal tax upon the owner and harborer of each dog and cat of the age of six months or over, reaching such age during the license year, and constrictor snakes in excess of six feet in length, within the corporate limits of the city as follows:

(1) For each neutered male or spayed female dog or cat, the sum of $5.00;

(2) For each male or female dog or cat not spayed or neutered, the sum of $25.00;

Sec. 5-62. – Spayed dogs and cats.

Before the city clerk shall issue a tag showing the payment of any taxes for a spayed female dog or cat, he shall require satisfactory evidence of such fact by the certificates of a licensed veterinarian or by a statement verified by affidavit; provided that such evidence may be permanently filed or entered in the book of registration.