Floyd County, Indiana

§ 93.002 SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AT ANIMAL SHELTER.

This chapter adopts a spay/neuter program for the animal shelter on the following terms.

(A)       (1)   All persons wishing to adopt a dog or cat at the animal shelter must pay a spay/neuter fee with the adoption fees.

(2)   All dogs and cats adopted from the animal shelter must be surgically altered, unless a licensed veterinarian, in writing, states the animal is unfit for surgery.

(B)   The animal shelter shall deposit all monies collected from this spay/neuter fee into the Non-Reverting Fund for the spay/neuter program with the City Controller, and thereafter shall process all claims to maintain the spay/neuter clinic at the animal shelter.

§ 93.005 SCHEDULE OF FEES.

(C)   Animal license/permits.

§ 93.020 CATS; REGISTRATION AND LICENSING.

(A) (1)   Any person owning, harboring, or having custody of a cat within the county must obtain a license within 15 days of obtaining the animal. Licenses, except for lifetime licenses, shall be valid for one year from date of issue.

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(H)   The owner of any animal deemed by a veterinarian to be unfit to undergo a spaying or neutering operation shall be, upon presentation of written certification to that effect by a licensed veterinarian, charged the fee for an altered animal.

§ 93.039 REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMAL.

(C) (2)   Any animal impounded two times within a 12-month period may be released only upon application for redemption and conditioned upon the spaying or neutering of the animal.