§ 5-4.201. Licensing, Tags, Immunization and Fees.

(a)

License Required. Every person who owns, controls, harbors, possesses or keeps in the City any dog over the age of four (4) months shall first procure a license from the County of Stanislaus for said dog.

(b)

License Tag Required to Be Attached to Dog. Upon proper application and payment therefor, by any person owning, controlling, harboring, or keeping any dog, the County of Stanislaus shall issue a serially numbered license tag. The applicant for said license shall state the age, sex, color and breed of the dog for which the license is desired, and the address of the owner of said dog. The County of Stanislaus, upon the issuance of said license, shall endorse upon the application the number of the license tag issued; and all applications so endorsed shall be kept on file in the office of the Stanislaus County Animal Control and shall be open to public inspection. The person to whom said license is issued shall affix or cause to be affixed the license tag hereinabove mentioned to said dog for whom said license is issued; and said dog shall thereafter, at any and all times, have attached to it said license tag aforesaid.

(c)

Immunization Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, own, or harbor any dog or dogs in the City over the age of four (4) months unless such dog or dogs have been vaccinated with an approved canine antirabies vaccine by a veterinarian authorized to practice veterinary medicine or surgery in this state.

(d)

Fees. Fees for the above-described requirements will be changed in accordance with Section 5-4.202 of this Code.

(e)

Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any dog owned by or in the charge of any person not a resident of the City of Modesto who is traveling through the City or temporarily sojourning therein for a period not longer than thirty (30) days; nor to any dog brought into the City and kept therein for less than thirty (30) days for the exclusive purpose of entering said dog in any bench show, dog exhibition, field trial or competition; nor to any dog brought to or sent into the City from any point outside thereof for the exclusive purpose of receiving care from a licensed veterinary.

(f)

Authority to License Dogs. The City of Modesto hereby grants to the County of Stanislaus the authority to license dogs according to the provisions of this chapter in the City of Modesto.

(Added Ord. 2766-C.S., § 1, amended by Ord. 3286-C.S., § 1, effective 4-3-03)