Northwoods, Missouri

Section 205.020 Annual Dog License.

A. An annual license fee of three dollars ($3.00) for sterilized dogs and five dollars ($5.00) for intact dogs is hereby imposed for each dog upon which a person of this City owns, controls, manages, possesses or has part interest in any dog six (6) months of age or older kept anytime during the year, or upon any person who permits a dog six (6) months of age or older, to come upon or in, and to remain in or about his/her home, place of business, or other premises in the City. If application is made for the dog license between July first (1st) and December thirty-first (31st), only one-half (½) the annual fee shall be paid. An application for a dog license for any dog shall be presented to the City Collector accompanied by a certificate of inoculation against rabies signed by a licensed veterinarian, which certificate shall have been executed sometime during the previous thirty-six (36) month period if a three (3) year type vaccine approved by the Director of Health was administered, or during the previous twelve (12) month period for all other vaccines, and which certificate shall bear thereon information as to the type vaccine used, sex of the dog, and whether or not it has been sterilized. The City Collector shall not issue a license unless this certificate shall be presented. Application for a dog license shall be made, and the license obtained on or before the first (1st) day of January each year, for the calendar year period. The license fee shall be paid and collected for the full year or any part thereof. There shall be no charge for any dog duly and properly trained to assist blind persons for the purpose of aiding or assisting such blind person in going from place to place, or for a dog duly and properly trained to assist people with impaired hearing. Any owner of a dog who suffers a loss of his/her dog license tag shall report such loss promptly to the City Collector and exhibit the original license, at which time he/she shall be issued a new license tag at a cost of twenty-five cents ($.25).