Medford, Massachusetts

Sec. 6-37. – License fees.

The fee for every dog license, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be an amount set by the city and listed in appendix A of these Revised Ordinances for a male dog, and an amount set by the city and listed in appendix A of these Revised Ordinances for a female dog unless a certificate of a registered veterinarian who performed the operation that such female dog has been spayed and has thereby been deprived of the power of propagation has been shown to the city clerk, in which case the fee shall be an amount set by the city and listed in appendix A of these Revised Ordinances. A certified copy of such certificate on file in the office of any town or city clerk within the commonwealth may be accepted as evidence that such operation has been performed. If the city clerk is satisfied that the certificate of the veterinarian who spayed the dog cannot be obtained, he may accept in lieu thereof a statement signed under the penalties of perjury by a veterinarian registered and practicing in the commonwealth describing the dog and stating that he has examined such dog and that it appears to have been, and in his opinion has been, spayed and thereby deprived of the power of propagation. No fee shall be charged for a license for a dog specially trained to lead or serve a blind person, provided that the division of the blind certifies that such dog is so trained and actually in the services of a blind person. No fee shall be charged for hearing dogs as provided in M.G.L.A. c. 140, § 139. No license fee or part thereof shall be refunded because of the subsequent death, loss, spaying or removal from the commonwealth, or other disposal of the dog, nor shall any license fee or part thereof paid by mistake be paid or recovered back after it has been paid over to the county under M.G.L.A. c. 140, § 147.

APPENDIX A – FEE SCHEDULE