Larned, Kansas

6.08.030 – License and registration.

A. The owner of any dog six months of age or older or any cat four months of age or older, harbored or maintained in the City of Larned, shall register the same with the City Clerk by giving the name of the animal, together with its description as to breed, color and sex, and the name and address of the owner. The provisions of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs or cats whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the City, nor to dogs or cats brought into the City for the purpose of participating in any dog or cat show, nor to Seeing Eye dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when such dogs are actually being used by blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place.

B. An annual fee shall be paid by the owner or harborer for the licensing of dogs and cats as required herein as follows:

1. Up to two unspayed females, ten dollars ($10.00) each;

2. Up to two unneutered males, ten dollars ($10.00) each;

3. Up to two spayed females, six dollars ($6.00) each;

4. Up to two neutered males, six dollars ($6.00) each;

6.08.090 – Impounding.

D. Any impounded dog or cat which is not claimed within three business days of the posting of the notice provided in this section, may be disposed of or sold by the City. Any person, except any person adjudicated guilty of the crime of cruelty to animals as defined by KSA 21-4310 or by the Larned Municipal Code or any such person found by the Municipal Court to have abandoned a dog or cat, may purchase and adopt any such dog or cat provided such person complies with the provisions of KSA 47-1731, by entering into a signed agreement to pay for and have any such dog or cat surgically spayed or neutered, and pays the adoption fee in accordance with the following schedule:

1. Dog, eighty-five dollars ($85.00);

2. Dog (spayed or neutered), fifty dollars ($50.00);

3. Cat, eighty-five dollars ($85.00);

4. Cat (spayed or neutered), forty dollars ($40.00).

Sixty dollars ($60.00) of said adoption fee shall be refunded upon proof, in the form of a certificate from a licensed veterinarian, that the adopted dog or cat has been spayed or neutered. Such person adopting any animal pursuant to this chapter will also be required to register said animal and to furnish proof of vaccination of said dog or cat.