Dover, New Jersey

§ 113-2 License and registration tag required.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Town of Dover shall, in the month of January of each year, apply for and procure from the Clerk of the Town of Dover a license and official metal registration tag for each dog so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 113-3 Fees; renewals; exemption.

A. Each person applying for the license and registration tag for a dog shall pay a fee of $14.80 for the license and the sum of $1.20 for the registration tag of each altered male or female dog and a fee of $17.80, which includes a surcharge of $3, for which proof of spay/neutered cannot be provided for the license and the sum of $1.20 for the registration tag, and for each annual renewal, the fee for the license and for the registration tag shall be the same as for the original license and tag. Said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on January 31 in each year. In connection with the issuance of a renewal license, a penalty charge of $10 shall be charged for the first thirty-day period after January 31 of each year that said renewal license is not obtained, and $1 for each first thirty-day period after March. The fee for a replacement license and registration tag shall be $2.

§ 113-50 License requirements.

A. Procuring license and registration tag. The owner of any cat which attains licensing age or any person who owns, keeps or harbors a cat shall, within 10 days after he/she obtains possession of such cat, and annually thereafter, in the month of February, apply for and procure from the office of the Town Clerk a license and official registration tag for each such cat so owned, kept or harbored. All such applications shall be made to the Town Clerk prior to February and each succeeding year thereafter. No person shall own, keep or harbor within his/her household more than five cats within the Town of Dover. Any person who owns, keeps or harbors a cat shall place upon each cat a collar with the registration tag securely fastened onto it.

§ 113-52 License fee schedule.

A. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $14.80 for the license and the sum of $1.20 for the registration tag of each neutered/spayed cat for the first year and every year thereafter. A surcharge of $3 will be imposed on any license and registration tag for which proof of spay/neutered cannot be provided. Said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of February in each year. In connection with the issuance of a renewal license, a penalty charge of $10 shall be charged for the first thirty-day period after the last day of February of each year that said renewal license is not obtained, and $1 for each first thirty-day period after April. The fee for a replacement license and registration tag shall be $2.