Livingston, New Jersey

§ 68-3 Annual license and registration tag required; placing tag on dog.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Township shall, in the month of January in each year, apply for and procure from the Division of Health in the Department of Health and Welfare a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 68-8 Fees; license expiration; no refunds; lost tags; exemptions from payment of fees.

A. The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay to the Division of Health a fee for the licensing of each dog. Each license and tag shall be renewed annually, and for each annual renewal, the fee for the license and for the registration tag shall be the same as for the original license and tag and clinic fund charge. Said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January in each year.

§ 68-22 Dog establishments.

A. License required. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the Division of Health for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment. All licenses issued for such establishments shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained, shall expire on the last day of January of each year and shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

B. License fees. The annual license fee for a kennel or a pet shop shall be $100. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.

C. Individual dog license not required. Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments.

D. Dogs off premises. No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate or other safe control.