Hope, New Jersey

§ 5-1.2 License and Registration Tag Required.

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

§ 5-1.4 Fees, Renewals, Seeing Eye Dogs, Hearing Ear Dogs.

The person applying for the license and registration tag shall annually pay the sum of $13 for the license fee of each dog which has not been neutered or spayed, or $10 for each dog which has been neutered or spayed, when the person presents a certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian stating that the dog has been sterilized. All licenses, registration tags, and renewals thereof shall expire on January 31 in each year, and such licenses and registration tags are not transferable from one dog to another. Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as “Seeing Eye” dogs and dogs used to assist hearing impaired persons and commonly known as “Hearing Ear” dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs herein above provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.