Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 10.90 Fees

10.90.010 - Licensing Fees Schedule.¶

The license fees required to be paid are as follows and are nonrefundable, except that the Director may waive, reduce, or refund fees for undue hardship:

I. Individual Animal Licenses.	Fees
Except for discharged military dogs and service animals, a person who owns a dog or cat over the age of four months and pays the license fee required under this section will be issued a tag and license that must be renewed upon expiration:
A. Dog license and tag fees:
1. Unaltered (Unspayed/unneutered) ($5 of each fee received is designated for low cost spay/neuter program)	$60.00
2. Altered (Spayed/neutered) ($5 of each fee received is designated for low cost spay/neuter program)	$20.00
3. Senior citizen—Spayed/neutered dog	$7.50
4. Disabled Veteran	$7.50
5. A delinquency charge equal to the cost of the license will be added if the license application or renewal is not submitted within 30 days after the due date.
6. Replacement of tag or official license receipt	$5.00
7. Transfer of ownership	$5.00
8. Discharged military dogs (one-time registration fee)	$5.00
9. Field enforcement fee: The owner or custodian of a dog found unlicensed by a Department employee in the field will be charged a field enforcement fee.	$40.00
B. Cat license fees:
1. Unspayed/unneutered	$10.00
2. Spayed/neutered	$5.00
3. Replacement cat tag	$5.00
4. Transfer of ownership	$5.00
5. A delinquency charge equal to the cost of the license will be added if the license application or renewal is not submitted within 30 days after the due date.
6. Field enforcement fee: The owner or custodian of a cat found unlicensed by a Department employee in the field will be charged a field enforcement fee.	$40.00
C. Other animals—Licenses required:
1. Pygmy pigs	$50.00
2. Wild animals	$100.00
3. Service animals—one time registration fee	$5.00
4. A delinquency charge for annual license renewal equivalent to the cost of the license, will be added to the license fee if the renewal is submitted more than 10 calendar days past the expiration date of a license, or if a license application was not otherwise timely submitted.
5. Field enforcement fee: The owner or custodian of an animal found unlicensed by a department employee in the field will be charged a field enforcement fee.	$40.00
D. Voluntary identification and registration:
An animal may be registered in the Department's Voluntary Identification Program at the owner's request, if the animal is microchipped and upon the payment of the following fees:
1. Initial identification and registration	$20.00
2. Annual renewal	$10.00
3. Transfer of ownership	$5.00

II. Animal Facility Licenses.	Fees
Licenses for the animal facilities listed below are required to be obtained annually.
A. Initial animal facility license fees (including inspection):
1. License fees:
a. Pet shop	$250.00
b. Grooming parlor/mobile	$250.00
c. Animal menagerie	$250.00
d. Wild animal dealer	$250.00
e. Hobby breeder (See Section 10.20.045)	$250.00
f. Rodeo
(i) First day or one day event	$250.00
(ii) Each additional day	$25.00
g. Animal exhibition
(i) First day or one day event	$250.00
(ii) Each additional day	$25.00
h. Pygmy pig breeder	$250.00
i. Non-profit humane organization facility	$250.00
j. Dog and cat breeding and/or boarding facility:
For purposes of license fee computation, fee is based on 75 percent of the total capacity of the facility or the actual animal population housed at the time of the inspection, whichever is greater.
(i) 5-20 dogs or cats	$300.00
(ii) 21-50 dogs or cats	$350.00
(iii) 51-75 dogs or cats	$400.00
(iv) 76-100 dogs or cats	$450.00
(v) Over 100 dogs or cats	$525.00
k. Rooster animal facility license	$25.00
2. Penalty for operation of an animal facility without license. A penalty equivalent to the cost of the license will be added to the license fee if a facility operates without a license.
3. Fee reduction for each additional animal facility application made at the same location at the same time.	$125.00
B. Renewal animal facility license fees (including inspection):
1. All animal facilities:
a. Pet shop	$175.00
b. Grooming parlor/mobile	$175.00
c. Animal menagerie	$175.00
d. Wholesale wild animal dealer	$175.00
e. Hobby breeder (defined in Section 10.20.045)	$175.00
f. Pygmy pig breeder	$175.00
g. Non-profit humane organization	$175.00
h. Dog and cat breeding and/or boarding facility:
For purposes of license fee computation, fee is based on 75 percent of the total capacity of the animal facility or the actual animal population housed at the time of the inspection, whichever is greater.
(i) 5-20 dogs or cats	$225.00
(ii) 21-50 dogs or cats	$275.00
(iii) 51-75 dogs or cats	$325.00
(iv) 76-100 dogs or cats	$375.00
(v) over 100 dogs or cats	$450.00
i. Rooster animal facility license	$25.00
2. A delinquency charge equal to the cost of the license will be added if the license application or renewal is not submitted within 30 days after the due date.
3. Fee reduction for each additional animal facility renewal application made at the same location at the same time.	$50.00
C. Miscellaneous fee provisions:
1. Reinspection	$40.00
2. Inspection fee for animal permits under Los Angeles County Code Chapter 22.152	$50.00
3. Businesses using dogs for protection (Sections 10.20.280 and 10.20.290)	$50.00
4. Penalty for ownership of wild animal without license	$100.00
5. Administrative Citation Delinquency Fee for every 30 days the payment is delinquent	$50.00

(Ord. 2022-0020 § 18, 2022; Ord. 2020-0062 § 1, 2020; Ord. 2018-0035 § 7, 2018; Ord. 2017-0043 § 6, 2017; Ord. 2016- 0040 § 229, 2016: Ord. 2009-0043 § 15, 2009; Ord. 2009-0017 § 18, 2009: Ord. 2006-0029 § 6, 2006; Ord. 2004-0036 § 22, 2004; Ord. 2000-0075 § 58, 2000: Ord. 95-0016 § 3, 1995: Ord. 93-0002 § 7, 1993: Ord. 92-0110 § 6, 1992; Ord. 92-0086 § 1, 1992: Ord. 92-0056 § 1, 1992: Ord. 90-0137 § 22, 1990.)

FOOTNOTES FOR TITLE 10

For statutory provisions on animal diseases, see Food and Agric. Code § 9101 et seq.

Editor's note: Ordinance 1415, on animal health, was expanded and amended in its entirety by Ord. 8397; however, some sections originally found in Ord. 1415 were not carried forward by Ord. 8397, as follows:

Section Ordinance History

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1.5 Added by 5842 § 1, 1952.¶

7 In 1415.

8 In 1415.

10 In 1415.

111/2 Added by 1570 § 2, 1928; amended by 1865 § 1, 1930; 4501 § 1, 1945; 5860 § 10002, 1951.

17 In 1415.

17B Added by 1436 § 1, 1926.

31 Renumbered from § 19 by 4442 § 1, 1945.

These section numbers and the ordinances affecting them have never been repealed.

For sections carried forward by Ord. 8397, for example § 2 of Ord. 1415, the legislative history note incorporates all ordinances affecting that section, whether or not the subject matter is the same.

For statutory provisions on bovine tuberculosis, see Food and Agric. Code § 9901 et seq.

For statutory provisions on reports of animal diseases, see Food and Agric. Code § 9101.

For statutory provisions on the identification of apiaries, see Food and Agric. Code § 29245.

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