Edgewater Park, New Jersey

§ 139-14 Dog license and registration tag required.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, in the month of January of each year, apply for and procure from the Township Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog and shall place on each such dog a collar or harness with said registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 139-15 Dog license and registration tag; fee and expiration; exception.

A. Persons applying for a license and registration tag shall pay a license fee as established in Chapter 240 and $1 for the registration and $0.20 for the pilot clinic fee payable by the municipality to the state of New Jersey for each dog, effective January 1, 1985 and thereafter. In addition, there will be a $3 charge for each unneutered dog payable by the municipality to the state of New Jersey. Said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire the last day of January of each year. Persons applying for the renewal of a license and registration tag after the last day of January of each year shall pay an additional sum as established in Chapter 240 to defray the administrative costs incurred by the Township as a result of a late renewal. Three-year dog licensing and renewals will cost three times the one-year license fee. A rabies certificate valid through November 30 of the third of licensing is required. This is in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2.