Haledon, New Jersey

§ 97-3 License and registration tag.

Any person who shall own keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Borough shall, in the month of January in each year, apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk 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.

§ 97-9 Fees; expiration of license; Seeing Eye dogs.

A. A person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay to the Borough of Haledon a total annual fee of $8 for each neutered dog and $11 for each nonneutered dog. Said license, registration tag and renewals thereof shall expire on January 31 of each year. Each license and tag shall be renewed annually. Such licenses and registration tags are not transferable from one dog to another.

B. License fees include $1 for each dog licensed that is forwarded to the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and placed in the Rabies Trust Fund to support state rabies and animal control programs; $3 for dogs that are not spayed or neutered, which is forwarded to the NJDOH Animal Population Control Program (APC) to fund the New Jersey low-cost spay and neuter program; and $0.20 for each dog licensed that is also forwarded to the APC.

§ 97-32 Licensing.

A. Cat licenses shall be issued by the Borough Clerk, commencing on January 1 of each year, upon application therefor and the payment of the fee of $5 for each neutered cat and $7 for all other cats.

B. The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing age or any cat which attains licensing age shall make application for a license tag or sleeve for such cat within 10 days after its acquisition or age attainment. This requirement will not apply to a nonresident keeping a cat within the Borough for no longer than 30 days.