Shafter Municipal Code Ch. 6.16 Licensing—dog Registration

Any person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of any dog over four months of age within this municipality must obtain a license as herein provided.

A. Written application for licenses, which shall include name and address of applicant, description of the dog, the appropriate fee and rabies certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian or antirabies clinic shall be made to the Shafter police department.

B. If not revoked, licenses for the keeping of dogs shall be for a period of one, two, or three years.

C. Dogs must wear city-issued license tags at all times when dogs are off the premise of the owner, caretaker, or person harboring the dog.

D. No person shall use any license for any animal other than the animal for which it was issued.

E. The license fee is due and payable within thirty days of having the dog vaccinated for rabies.

F. All licenses expire at the same time their supporting rabies vaccination expires, or the previous license fees expire whichever comes first.

G. Penalty. An unpaid dog license fee shall become delinquent thirty days after it is due and payable. Upon delinquency, a penalty of fifty dollars shall be added to the regular fee in accordance with the fee schedule as established by the city council.

H. Offenses—Failure to Furnish Information. Any owner of any dog in the city who refuses, fails or neglects to furnish the animal control officer, police officer, other authorized personnel as provided in this chapter, information necessary to properly vaccinate and license such dog, or who resists, hinders or obstructs the animal control officer, police officer, other authorized personnel in the exercise of their duties, or who fails, neglects or refuses to pay any required license fee at the time and in the manner herein provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be issued a notice to appear for violation of this subsection.

(Ord. 606 § 1 (part), 2007)

A. All dogs shall be vaccinated with an approved canine antirabies vaccine within ten days after becoming four months of age. The rabies vaccination shall be performed by or under direct supervision of a California State licensed veterinarian. The veterinarian shall issue to the owner of the dog a certificate on a form required by state law.

B. No license tag shall be issued for any dog until satisfactory written evidence is presented that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies in a manner approved by the director which must be consistent with the Rabies Compendium of the Centers for Disease Control.

(Ord. 606 § 1 (part), 2007)