Monterey Municipal Code Div. 2 Licenses

Every person owning or having charge, care or control over any dog shall, after the dog attains the age of four months, secure from the collector a license and tag for said dog.

Every person owning or having charge, care or control over any dog of the age of four months or over shall pay a license fee as set by resolution of the City Council, to be paid within thirty days after the owner and the dog establish residence in the City, or within thirty days after the dog reaches the age or four months.

Each application for a dog license shall state the age, name, sex, color, spay/neuter status, and breed of dog for which the license is requested, and the name, address and telephone number of the owner. The license is not transferable and the license fee is not refundable.

Every person owning or having the charge, care or control over any dog of the age of four months or over shall pay a license fee as set by resolution of the City Council. The fee amount established for any license applied for where the applicant presents a certificate from a licensed veterinarian that the dog has been spayed or neutered shall be at least 50% less than the license fee established for any unspayed or unneutered dog. A penalty fee, as established by City Council resolution, shall be added to any license fee which is not paid within the time prescribed for payment.

The collector shall not issue a license to any person for any dog until such person has submitted evidence, in writing, that the dog has been vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

The dog license fee shall be paid to the collector, who shall issue the license tag. The license period may range from one to thirty-six months, but the license shall not be issued for a period greater than the period of validity of the current rabies vaccination. A license application may be made 30 days prior to the expiration of a current license.

Any license tag issued pursuant to this Division shall be attached to a collar or harness upon the dog licensed thereby, and during the term of such license shall remain so attached.

In the event any tag issued hereunder is lost, destroyed, or mutilated, the owner of the dog for which it was issued my obtain a new tag for a fee as set by resolution of the City Council.

The collector shall notify the animal shelter of the County of the issuance of each license issued pursuant to this Article.

The collector shall keep a register wherein shall be kept the name, with the address, of the owner to whom the tag is issued, a description of the dog, the number of the tag given, and the date thereof.

The provisions of this Division requiring dog licenses shall not apply to the following:

a.Any dog owned by or in the charge or care of a nonresident of the City, traveling through the City, or temporarily sojourning therein for a period not exceeding thirty days, nor to any dog brought to the City exclusively for the purpose of entering the same in a dog show or dog exhibition, and entered for, and kept at, any dog show or dog exhibition; provided, that such dogs are not permitted to run at large.

b.Any dog owned by a person moving into the City which dog has been currently licensed by any of the cities of Pacific Grove, Carmel-by the Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Seaside, Soledad, Marina, Greenfield, Gonzales or by the County during the time such person was a resident of such city or county, and shall have attached to its collar or harness a tag evidencing the existing unexpired license for such dog issued by such city or county; provided, that such dog has been vaccinated with a canine anti-rabies vaccine of a type approved by the State Department of Public Health within the previous 24 months.