Plainview, Nebraska

§ 6-101 DOGS; LICENSE AND TAG REQUIRED; EXEMPTION; TAGS.

(A) Any owner of a dog over the age of six (6) months within the Municipality shall, within thirty (30) days after acquisition of the dog, acquire a license for the dog annually by or before the May 1 of each year. Licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of a license tax in the amount established by the Governing Body, plus the one dollar and twenty-five cent ($1.25) fee required under section 54-603(3) RS Neb. It shall be unlawful for the owner of a dog to wrongfully and knowingly license an unspayed female dog as a male or spayed female dog if the Governing Body has established different license taxes for such dogs.

§ 6-103 DOGS; WRONGFUL LICENSING.

(1) It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog to permit or allow such dog to wear any license, metallic tag or other Municipal identification than that issued by the Municipal Clerk or Municipal Pound Authorities for dogs, nor shall the owner, keeper, or harborer wrongfully and knowingly license an unspayed female dog with a license prescribed for a male or spayed female dog. 

(2) In the event that a citation is issued under this section, in lieu of filing charges in the County Court, the City Police shall designate on the citation the fine and cutoff date for settlement, and turn the citation over to the office of the City Clerk. If the citation is the individuals only offense under this section in the last six (6) months (counted calendar months back from the date of offense indicated on the citation) and if the fine is paid within five (5) days of the citation date and according to the requirements set out in the citation, no further action shall be taken on that citation. If the fine is not paid within five (5) days, then the citation shall be forwarded to the City Attorney for filing in the Pierce County Court. For purposes of this section, the fine shall be as follows: Twenty dollars ($20.00) for the offense.