Highstown, New Jersey

§ 5-1-2 Licensing; fees.

A. License, when required. Licenses shall be required for the following dogs of licensing age:

(1) Any dog owned or kept within the Borough by a resident of the Borough on the first day of January of any calendar year.

(2) Any dog acquired by any person during the course of any calendar year and kept within the Borough for more than 30 days after acquisition.

(3) Any dog attaining licensing age during the course of the calendar year.

(4) Any unlicensed dog brought into the Borough by any person and kept within the Borough for more than 30 days.

(5) Any dog licensed by another state brought into the Borough by any person and kept within the Borough for more than 90 days.

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E. Fees. The person applying for a license shall pay a fee of $10.80 for each dog, shall also pay $1.20 for the registration tag (pilot clinic fee) for each dog, and an additional fee of $3 for any dog of reproductive age which has not had its reproductive capacity permanently altered through sterilization. Any dog owner claiming to be exempt from the payment of the additional fee of $3 shall provide a copy of a veterinarian’s certificate, or a notarized statement by the owner, of the animal’s neutering. The fees of $1.20 and additional fee of $3, when collected, shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer as provided by law. The same fee shall be charged for the annual renewal of each license and registration tag. […]

§ 5-2-5 Licensing requirements; fees.

A. Cats must have license number displayed. Any person who shall own, keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk or other official designated by the Mayor and Council thereof to license cats in the municipality in which he/she resides a license and official registration tag with license number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept, or harbored, and shall place upon such cat a collar or other device with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying a license number shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.

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G. License fee schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $14 for each cat not neutered and $10 for each neutered cat. Those family groups which presently possess more than two cats shall not be required to pay total annual fees in excess of $30 for the licensing of all of the cats, exclusive of any delinquent fees which may apply in accordance with this section. […]