Taunton, Massachusetts

§ 191-1 Licensing of dogs.

A. Any person who at the commencement of a license period is, or who during any license period becomes, the owner or keeper of a dog six months old or over which is not duly licensed, and the owner or keeper of a dog when it becomes six months old during a license period, shall cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed until the end of such license period, and the owner or keeper of a dog so registered, numbered, described and licensed during any license period, in order to own or keep such dog after the beginning of the succeeding license period, shall, before the beginning thereof, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for such period. The registering, numbering, describing and licensing of a dog shall be in the office of the Clerk of the City of Taunton.

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G. The fee for every license shall, except as otherwise provided, be $10 for a neutered male or spayed female dog and $12 for a nonspayed female or nonneutered male dog. A certificate of a registered veterinarian who performed the operation that said female dog has been spayed or male dog has been neutered and has thereby been deprived of the power of propagation must be shown to the Clerk. If the City Clerk is satisfied that the certificate of the veterinarian who spayed or neutered the dog cannot be obtained, he/she may accept, in lieu thereof, a statement signed under the penalties of perjury by a veterinarian registered and practicing in the commonwealth describing the dog and stating that he/she has examined such dog and that it appears to have been and in his/her opinion has been spayed and thereby deprived of the power of propagation.