Ingham County, Michigan

Animal Control Enforcement Ordinance

ARTICLE VI – ANIMAL SHELTER AND IMPOUNDMENT

Section 4. (c) A pick-up fee of $26.00 for the first pick-up of a surgically sterilized animal and $41.00 for a unsterilized animal; $31.00 for the second pick-up of a surgically sterilized animal and $61.00 for an unsterilized animal; $63.00 for the third pick-up of a surgically sterilized animal and $63.00 for each pick-up thereafter. For the third pick-up of an unsterilized animal the fee shall be $125.00 plus the prepayment of sterilization surgery to the veterinarian of the choice of the animal owner. The sterilization shall be performed within ten (10) business days of the date of the animals third redemption or at the time the animal turns six (6) months of age, unless the animal’s owner elects to have the animal euthanized in lieu of sterilization. If the owner fails to have the animal either sterilized or euthanized within the prescribed time period after the third redemption, he/she shall turn the animal and title thereto over to the Ingham County Animal Shelter. On the first and second pick-up of an unsterilized animal, a refund equal to the difference in fees between the sterilized and unsterilized animals shall be given to the animal’s owner if the owner submits proof to the animal shelter that the animal has been sterilized within ten (10) working days from the date of the animal’s pick-up from the animal shelter. If an animal is picked up at times other than the normal working hours, an extra $10.00 shall be charged. When an animal is picked up for the third time, regardless of whether surgically sterilized or unsterilized, the Animal Control Officer shall request the Prosecuting Attorney to prosecute the owner for violations of this Ordinance and Act No. 339, Public Acts of 1919, as amended.

ARTICLE IV – LICENSING AND VACCINATION

Section 2. The owner of any dog four (4) months old or over, shall annually apply to the county, township or city treasurer to his authorized agent, where the owner resides, for a license by the last day of the anniversary month of the dog’s current rabies vaccination. Such application shall be in writing and state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings of the dog, and the name and address of the last previous owner. The application for a license shall be accompanied by a valid certificate 5 of a current vaccination for rabies, with a vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture, signed by an accredited veterinarian. The certificate for the vaccination for rabies shall state the month and year of expiration for the rabies vaccination, in a veterinarian’s opinion. A license shall not be issued if the dog’s current rabies vaccination will expire more than one month before the date on which that license would expire.

Section 4. (a) The annual fee for licenses acquired on or before the last day of the anniversary month of a dog’s current rabies vaccination for male or female dogs four (4) months of age or over that are not surgically sterilized shall be $40.00 per year, or $4.00 per month if the vaccination anniversary date is less than 8 months away. The three year non-delinquent un-sterilized license fee shall be $100.00. The annual fee for licenses acquired during said period for surgically sterilized male or female dogs four (4) months of age or over shall be $12.00 per year, or $1.00 per month if the vaccination anniversary date is less than 9 months away. The three year non- delinquent sterilized license fee shall be $30.00.