Junction City, Kansas

SECTION 215.050: – LICENSING

A. No person shall own, keep, or harbor any cat, ferret, or dog over the age of five (5) months within the City limits unless the animal has been vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian with an anti-rabies vaccine and licensed by the City of Junction City.

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E. The license fee for a ferret, dog, or cat license shall be five dollars ($5.00) for a neutered or spayed animal, and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for an intact male or female animal. Said license fee shall be paid to the City of Junction City. Exempt from licensing are persons owning, keeping, or harboring a dog that has been retired from the United States Armed Forces, a trained ADA dog or animal, or police or sheriffs department dogs shall not be required to pay the permit fee but shall be subject to all other regulations of this article, including but not limited to the requirement of having the rabies vaccination.

SECTION 215.065: – ADOPTION PROCEDURE

A. Any person adopting a pet from the JCGC Animal Shelter shall have the animal spayed/neutered by a licensed veterinarian within thirty (30) days, if the animal is an adult. If the animal is not an adult or if the animal cannot be neutered within the thirty (30) days because of valid medical reasons, said person shall have the animal neutered within a time frame set by the operator of the animal shelter.

B. Any person adopting an animal from the JCGC Animal Shelter hereunder shall deposit a sum, as established by the animal shelter, with the operator of the shelter. The sum established shall not be less than the lowest, nor more than the highest, fee charged by veterinarians within the city for spaying or neutering dogs and cats. The deposit shall be refunded or paid directly to the veterinarian, when the operator is provided written documentation from said veterinarian that the neutering has been accomplished.

C. If said written documentation has not been provided to the operator within ten (10) days after the time frames set forth above, the deposit shall be forfeited to the county treasurer.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person who adopts an animal hereunder to fail to comply with this section, and the forfeiture of the deposit shall not prevent a prosecution hereunder.