Ramsey, New Jersey

5-1.1 Dog license and tag required.

a. No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Borough without first obtaining a license within 10 days after acquiring the dog. Such license shall be issued by the Borough Clerk upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No person shall keep or harbor any dog in the Borough, except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

5-1.3 Dog license fees.

a. A license shall be issued after payment of the following fees:

1. For non-senior citizens, the fee shall be $11 per year for each neutered/spayed dogs and $14 per year for each unneutered/unspayed dog.

2. For senior citizens, the fee shall be $5 per year for each neutered/spayed dog and $8 per year for each unneutered/unspayed dog. A “senior citizen” is herein defined to be a person 62 years of age or older.

5-6.3 Licensing requirements.

a. Cats must have license number displayed. Any person who shall own, keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license cats in the municipality in which he or she resides, a license and official registration tag with license number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept, or harbored, and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other device with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable. In lieu of the use of a collar or other device as aforementioned, the license number and other pertinent information shall be tattooed in the cat’s ear at the expense of the owner, keeper or harborer of such cat. Any cat not displaying a current license number shall be considered to be a stray cat and shall be subject to being taken into custody by the Borough or its agents and impounded at the Bergen County Animal Shelter for disposition in accordance with the shelter’s policies and procedures.

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g. License fee schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of the following fees:

1. For nonsenior citizens, the fee shall be $8 per year for each neutered/spayed cat and $11 per year for each unneutered/unspayed cat.

2. For senior citizens, the fee shall be a $4 flat fee per year for a maximum of four cats and $6 per year for each neutered or spayed cat in excess of four cats and $9 per year for each unneutered or unspayed cat in excess of four cats. A senior citizen is herein defined to be a person 62 years of age or older.