Fillmore, California

9.08.050 – License fee.

The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as prescribed by resolution of the council or county board of supervisors. The fee prescribed for a dog which has been spayed or neutered, as verified by a veterinarian’s certificate, shall be not more than fifty percent of the fee for a dog of the same sex which has not been spayed or neutered. In addition, if a letter from a licensed veterinarian certifies that arrangements have been made to spay or neuter the dog within sixty days from the date that the dog reaches the age of four months, and the dog is spayed or neutered within that sixty-day period, the owner shall qualify for the lower license fee for a dog that has been spayed or neutered.

9.09.040 – Deposit of neutering and spaying costs.

No dog capable of reproduction shall be sold by the poundmaster pursuant to Section 9.09.030 unless the person purchasing the dog has first signed a written promise to cause the dog to be neutered or spayed on or before a specified deadline and has first deposited with the poundmaster for application toward the cost of such neutering or spaying the amount of ten dollars in the case of a male dog or twenty dollars in the case of a female dog. The specified deadline shall be the one-hundred-eightieth day after such purchase or the day estimated by the poundmaster to be the day on which the dog will attain the age of nine months in the case of a male dog or seven months in the case of a female dog, whichever day is later in time. The deposit is nonrefundable, but may be transferred at any time prior to the specified deadline upon a showing satisfactory to the poundmaster that the original dog is either dead or too ill to undergo the operation on or before such deadline. Upon written verification of a licensed veterinarian that the dog has been neutered or spayed on or before the deadline, the entire amount of the deposit shall be forwarded to the veterinarian to be applied toward the veterinarian’s fee for such operation or to be disposed of in such other manner as the veterinarian and the person who made the deposit may agree. If no such verification is received by the poundmaster within thirty days after the deadline, the deposit shall be deemed forfeited. This section shall not be construed to impose any obligation upon either the city or the poundmaster to pay any part of the veterinarian’s fee, in the event that the fee is greater than the amount of the deposit, or to refund any part of the deposit in the event that the veterinarian’s fee is less than the amount of such deposit.