Modoc County, California

6.02.010 – Licensing required.

Any person residing within the unincorporated area of the county and owning or having the custody of one or more dogs shall pay for the privilege of keeping such dogs an annual license fee for each dog over the age of four months, which fee shall be determined by resolution of the board of supervisors. Senior citizens shall receive a three-dollar discount on the one-year dog license fee when licensing their spayed or neutered dog. Such license fee may include a reduced rate for spayed or neutered dogs if all other requirements for licensing under this chapter are met. Proof of qualifications for waiving or reducing the license fee for any dog is required at the time of application. Such license fee shall be waived for assistance dogs owned and used by totally or partially blind persons, deaf or hearing impaired persons, or handicapped persons, and for dogs owned and used by police departments or law enforcement officers exclusively for public work if all other requirements for licensing under this chapter are met.