Colusa County Municipal Code Div. 2 Licenses

(Ord. No. 276, § 2; Ord. No. 294, § 1)

The owner of any dog over the age of four months shall procure a license for such dog annually, and shall pay for such license in accordance with the schedule of fees set by resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. No. 494)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-13, license fees for signal dogs for the disabled; and license fees for public agency canines are hereby waived.

(Ord. No. 276, § 2; Ord. No. 294, § 2; Ord. No. 569 (part))

The license required by section 3-13 shall be issued on the payment of the fees so fixed by the board of supervisors for the period commencing July 1st, or on the date of such issuance and ending June 30th of the following year, and thereafter shall be void. No license shall be issued for any other period.

(Ord. No. 197, § 4; Ord. No. 294, § 3)

Every person owning or controlling a kennel or place where there are kept more than five dogs for breeding, training, treating, sale or other commercial purposes shall pay an annual license fee in accordance with the schedule of fees set by resolution of the board of supervisors. All dogs kept in such kennel or place shall be licensed in accordance with this article.

(Ord. No. 210, § 1; Ord. No. 294, § 4; Ord. No. 420, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 569 (part))

No kennel license shall be issued by the office of animal control until it has found that the kennel is operated or is to be operated in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(Ord. No. 210, § 1; Ord. No. 294, § 6; Ord. No. 420, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 569 (part))

The board of supervisors may approve by resolution the selling of dog licenses by persons other than the animal control officers. The board of supervisors shall fix the compensation for services of such persons by resolution. Such persons so appointed shall pay all fees collected by them to the office of animal control.

(Ord. No. 197, § 9; Ord. No. 294, § 7; Ord. No. 420, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 569 (part))

(a) The office of animal control is authorized and directed to have prepared suitable application forms for dog licenses, as provided for by this article, and license tags to be issued to the owners of dogs or persons having dogs in their custody and control or who harbor dogs, as required by this article. Such tags shall be metallic and shall have a stamp thereon bearing the name of the county and the year of issuance. They should be numbered serially, and each tag shall have its number stamped thereon.

(b) The owner, or person harboring, controlling or having custody of any dogs as provided by this article, shall pay to the office of animal control, as provided by this article, the fee required, and shall procure such license and tag to a collar to be permanently worn by the dog for which the license was issued. The application forms hereinabove referred to shall bear the name of the dog, if any, and the age, sex, color and breed of dog for which license is applied, and shall be signed by the animal control officer(s) or his duly authorized agent. Upon the issuance of such license, the animal control officer(s) shall endorse upon such license form the number of the license tag issued in pursuance thereof. All such license forms so endorsed shall be filed in the office of animal control, and shall be at all times open for public inspection. It is hereby made the duty of the animal control officer(s) to collect in advance of the issuance of such license the fee herein required.

(c) The cost of procuring the necessary tags and application forms for such licenses is declared to be a charge against the county.

(Ord. No. 197, § 14)

The license tag provided for by this article shall at all times be securely attached to the collar of the dog for which it is issued, and the owner of such dog who shall willfully fail, neglect or refuse to attach such tag to such dog after having procured the same, and to keep the same on the body of and attached to such dog at all times while such license is in force, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 197, § 15; Ord. No. 294, § 8)

In the event a license tag is lost from the body of any dog for which the same was issued, the owner shall, within ten days thereafter, procure another and new license for such dog, for which he shall pay a fee in accordance with the schedule of fees set by the board of supervisors. As often as any license is lost, the same shall be replaced in the same manner as hereinabove provided within the same license year. Any owner who fails to apply for a new license within ten days from the date of the loss of a license tag or who otherwise violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 197, § 18)

It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person, if unauthorized, to remove from any dog any collar or harness or other device to which a license tag is attached, for the current year, or to remove such license tag therefrom.

(Ord. No. 197, § 18)

It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to attach to or keep upon, or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog any license tag provided by this article, except a tag issued for such dog under the provisions of this article, or to attach to or keep upon, or cause or permit to be made, or to have in possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any tag provided for by this article.

(Ord. No. 197, § 18)

It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to have, harbor, control or keep, or to cause or permit to be harbored or kept any unlicensed dog in the county, or to maintain, conduct or operate or to cause or permit to be maintained or operated in the county any unlicensed dog kennel.