Blytheville, Arkansas

6.04.03 – License and registration required.
A: All dogs or cats kept, harbored or maintained by their owners in the City of Blytheville, Arkansas shall be licensed if over three (3) months of age. Licenses shall be issued by the City Collector in the City of Blytheville upon producing a certificate, signed by a licensed veterinarian, that the dog or cat has been vaccinated against the rabies virus within six (6) months prior to the time of application for license and upon payment of a license tax for each dog or cat. The cost will be five dollars ($5.00) for each dog or cat which is spayed or neutered and ten dollars ($10.00) for those which are not. The owner shall state at the time of application for license and place upon printed forms provided for such purpose, their name and address and the name, breed, color, sex and age of each dog or cat owned or kept by them. The provisions of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs or cats whose owners are non-residents temporarily within the city nor to “seeing eye dogs” which are properly trained to assist blind people when said dog is actually being used by a blind person for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place.

6.04.08 – Disposition of unclaimed or infected dogs.

C. In accordance with A.C.A. § 20-19-103, it is unlawful for the animal shelter to release any dog or cat which has not been sterilized (spayed or neutered) to a new owner unless a promise to spay or neuter the dog or cat has been signed by the person acquiring the animal.

Furthermore, the sterilization shall be performed by the date stipulated unless an extension is granted by the Animal Control Supervisor not to exceed 30 days upon request of the owner. The signed promise shall be binding and failure to comply shall constitute a violation of this section and of the noted Arkansas Code. In such case the dog or cat becomes property of the City of Blytheville and no claim may be made by the former owner to recover expenses incurred for maintenance of the animal, including the initial procurement cost. Violation of this section is declared to be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00.

6.04.17 – Limiting the number of dogs or cats.

It shall be unlawful for any owner to house, harbor, own or keep more than a total of five dogs and/or cats in a residential area that are over four months of age. Furthermore, each dog or cat must be licensed and vaccinated as herein above set out… It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep, maintain or harbor more than two female dogs and/or cats over the age of four months that have not been spayed in a residential area of the City of Blytheville.