Woodson Terrace, Missouri

Section 205.030 Annual License — Fee — Transfer — Duplicates.

An annual license fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each male dog or cat or spayed female and three dollars ($3.00) for each unspayed female dog or cat is hereby imposed upon every resident person who owns, controls, manages, possesses or has part interest in any dog or cat four (4) months of age or older kept any time during the year, or upon every resident person who permits a dog or cat four (4) months of age or older to come upon, on or in, and to remain in or about his/her home, place of business or other premises in the area affected by this Chapter. An applicant for dog or cat license for any dog or cat shall present to the licensing official a certificate of inoculation against rabies signed by a licensed veterinarian, which certificate shall have been executed some time during the previous thirty-six (36) month period if a three (3) year type vaccine approved by the St. Louis County Health Commissioner was administered, or during the previous twelve (12) month period for all other vaccines, and which certificate shall bear thereon information as to the type vaccine used, sex of the dog or cat, and if a female, whether or not it has been spayed. Said licensing official shall not issue a license unless such certificate shall be presented. All licenses shall expire on May 1, 1973 and thereafter the annual license shall expire on the first (1st) day of May of each year; provided that any person having paid a license fee prior to enactment of this Chapter for a period of time extending beyond May 1, 1973 shall receive pro rata credit for each month covered by such license heretofore issued. A full license fee shall be paid and collected for part of a year. The transfer of ownership or custody of any dog or cat shall be reported to the licensing official by the transferee within ten (10) days after such transfer by written notice, at which time the transferee shall pay the licensing official a transfer fee of twenty-five cents ($.25). There shall be no charge for a license for any service animal when any such dog or cat is actually being used by a blind person for the purpose of aiding or assisting such blind person in going from place to place. Any owner of a dog or cat who suffers the loss of his/her dog or cat license tag shall report said loss promptly to the licensing official and exhibit the original license, at which time he/she shall be issued a new license tag at a cost of twenty-five cents ($.25).