Townsend, Montana

8.04.030 Licensing And Registration

1. No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog within the City limits, unless such dog is licensed as herein provided. Application for such license shall be made to the City Clerk, or such agent as shall be designated by the City Clerk, which shall state the name and address of the owner and the name, breed, color, age and sex of the dog. The license fee shall be paid at the time of making application, a numbered receipt given to the applicant, and a numbered metallic or plastic tag shall be issued to the owner. The yearly license fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each male which has been altered to be infertile or spayed female over the age of six (6) months. The yearly license fee shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each unspayed female or unaltered male dog over the age of six (6) months. Every person engaged in operating a dog or cat kennel, as defined in this chapter, shall pay an annual license fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). All dog licenses and kennel licenses shall be issued for one (1) year, beginning with May 1st. Any license issued for any dog for the year immediately preceding shall be valid to but not including August 1 of the current year. No application for a dog license shall be accepted until the applicant has produced satisfactory evidence that the dog for which the license is to be issued has been vaccinated for rabies with “avianized flury” strain rabies vaccine, within two (2) years immediately preceding the date of application. Any person licensing a dog on or after August 1 of any year shall pay an additional Five Dollars ($5.00) unless such person can present evidence satisfactory to the City Clerk that the animal being licensed has not been kept, held, or owned within the City of Townsend for a period in excess of one (1) week immediately prior to the date on which application is made.