Firebaugh, California

§ 6-1.2 Licensing of Dogs.

a. License requirement and fees. The owner of custodian of any dog over the age of four months shall procure a city dog license and pay there for an annual license fee as established by resolution of the city council for each dog which is not spayed or neutered and an annual license fee as established by resolution of the city council for each dog which is spayed or neutered. The license fee shall be due and payable on January 1 or July 1 annually. The amount of such license shall be paid to the city clerk and upon payment thereof, the city clerk shall issue a metal tag with the number and year of the issuance thereof and the words “City of Firebaugh” plainly inscribed thereon, and shall enter in a register kept by him for that purpose the name and address of the owner of the dog licensed or the person to whom such license is issued, a description of such dog, the number of the tag, and the date of its issuance. Duplicate metal tags may be issued upon payment as established by resolution of the city council for each duplicate tag so issued. Any person failing to procure and pay for such license within 30 days of the date when it is due shall pay an additional fee as established by resolution of the city council as a penalty for such delinquency.

b. Proof of neutering or spaying. Before a city dog license may be issued for the lower annual license fee for a dog which has been spayed or neutered, the owner or custodian of such dog shall provide evidence that the dog has been spayed or neutered. Such evidence shall be a certificate signed by a doctor of veterinary medicine, on his letterhead stationery.