Northmoor, Missouri

Section 205.020 Registration.

A. No person shall keep any dog or cat within the City without having said dog or cat registered and immunized as herein provided:

1. Registration. The owner or keeper of any dog or cat of the age of four (4) months or older shall register said dog or cat with the Humane Officer on or before June thirty-first (31st) of each year. The name and address of the owner or keeper of a dog or cat so registered and an accurate description of the dog or cat shall be entered into a book kept for such purpose by the Humane Officer, and a certificate of registration and a metal or plastic registration tag bearing identical numbers shall be issued to the said owner or keeper to be attached to a collar or other device and worn by the said dog or cat.

Section 205.040 Annual License.

A. The owner or keeper of any dog of the age of four (4) months or older shall pay an annual license fee as herein provided:

1. License Fee. The annual license fee for each male dog and each spayed female dog shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and for all other female dogs it shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).

Section 205.110 Impounded Animals — Release — Killing — Sale.

A. Whenever any dog or cat shall be found within the City without having proper registration or immunization tags attached to a collar or other device being worn by said dog or cat, such dog or cat may be taken up by the Humane Officer, a Police Officer or such other person designated by the Board of Aldermen for that purpose.

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3. Provided however, the dog or cat may be released for adoption by a new owner who shows evidence of ability and intention to provide the dog or cat with an appropriate home and humane care, and who has presented to the Humane Officer or Mayor a certificate of immunization and a registration tag (if a resident of the City of Northmoor, Missouri), together with a payment for all costs related to the impoundment of such dog or cat. Such payments received by the Humane Officer shall be paid into the City Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the City. Provided however, that no unspayed female dog or cat shall be released for adoption unless a licensed veterinarian certified in writing that he/she has been paid in full for spaying of the dog or cat and will perform the operation within thirty (30) days or before the dog or cat’s first (1st) oestral period.