Grand Rapids, Minnesota

10-44 License and Registration

1. All dogs kept, harbored or maintained by their owners in the city shall be registered with the police department if over three months of age. Upon registration dog licenses may be issued by the police department upon payment of a license fee as set forth by resolution for each dog regardless of sex. The license period will run from January 1 through December 31, of each year. The owner shall state at the time application is made for such license and upon printed forms provided for such purpose his name and address, telephone number, the name, breed, color, and sex of each dog or cat owned or kept by him.
2. Lifetime animal licenses. Effective January 1, 2009, the owner of a dog or cat, upon presentation of documentation issued by a veterinarian that the dog or cat has been spayed or neutered, can obtain a non-transferable lifetime animal license. Throughout the life of the animal, the owners of animals that receive a lifetime license must maintain and have documentation of rabies immunization by a veterinarian, licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Minnesota.