Portola Valley, California

6.04.040 – Dog licenses.

A. Requirements. An annual license fee shall be paid for every dog over the age of four months owned or harbored in the town. Said annual license fee shall be first due when the animal reaches four months of age or within sixty days after the dog is acquired, and due on the anniversary date of the original purchase date each year thereafter. New residents shall have sixty days in which to acquire such license. Persons renewing their license shall have thirty days following their due date before being delinquent and having to pay a late penalty. The fee for the license shall be that set by the county. The fee paid for the licensing of spayed or neutered dogs shall be less than the license fee for unaltered dogs upon presentation of the proper certification. The license fee paid by persons over the age of sixty shall be at a discount. Any person who fails to pay the license fee after the fee is due, or the dog is required to be licensed, shall in addition to paying any past due license fee or fees, also pay a penalty as set by the county. A license shall be obtained, but no license fee shall be payable for the licensing of any dog being raised, trained or used to assist handicapped persons (such as those provided by Canine Companions) including but not limited to any dog which is being trained for guide or hearing purposes by a resident of the town or used for guide or hearing purposes by a handicapped resident of the town and which has come from a guide or hearing dog training facility such as Canine Companions, or for dogs which have served as a member of the armed forces of the United States of America, or any dog used by a local law enforcement agency for the purposes of crime prevention or control. Dog licenses are not transferable between owners; however, if the dog dies and the owner acquires a new dog, the license is transferable to the new dog. The license does not have to be renewed until the original purchase anniversary date. The fee paid for a dog license is not refundable.