Marlboro, New Jersey

§ 94-3 Licensing requirements.

A. Application for licenses. No dog of licensing age shall be allowed to be harbored in the Township of Marlboro without being licensed as hereinafter provided:

(1) The owner of any dog of licensing age harbored in the Township of Marlboro shall register annually said dog as to sex, breed, color and markings and whether such dog is of a long- or short-hair variety; the name, address and telephone number of the owner, name of dog and proof of rabies inoculation with the Division of Licenses and Permits and pay therefor an annual fee of $12 for every neutered or spayed dog or $15 for every non-neutered or nonspayed dog. In the event that more than two dogs shall be registered, then each dog’s registration fee thereafter shall be $4 for neutered or spayed dogs and $7 per non-neutered or nonspayed dogs. The same fees shall be charged for the annual renewal of each license and registration tag. In addition, the owners shall pay any statutory fees required by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.3, 4:19-15.3b and 4:19-15.3c. Owners of “Seeing Eye dogs,” service dogs or dogs used to assist deaf persons must be licensed and registered, but shall be exempt from the payment of fees pursuant to the authority granted to the Township by N.J.S.A. 4:19:15-12. License and registration tags shall expire on the last day of January of each year. The registration tag fee shall be forwarded within 30 days after collection to the State Department of Health. The remainder thereof is to be paid to the Treasurer of the Township of Marlboro, who shall place the same in a special account as provided by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.11.

§ 94-20 Licenses required.

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 Business Administrator or other official designated by the Business Administrator thereof to license cats in the municipality in which he/she resides a license and official registration tag with a 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 thereto or displayed thereon. Acceptable methods of displaying the license number shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.

[…]

G. License fee schedule.

(1) A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $7.20 for a cat one year of age or under, $5 for a cat over the age of one year and spayed or neutered, and $7.20 for each cat over the age of one year and not spayed or neutered by January 30 of each given year.