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License Online


Due Date

Payment for your license is due on the last day of the month in which your previous license expires.

By ordinance, a late fee of $25 is added to each license not purchased within 60 days of the due date.


Instructions to License Online

Ready to purchase your license? If you would like to license online, a convenience fee of $1.95 will apply for each transaction. Multiple pets can be licensed in one transaction. Any required documents, such as your pet's current rabies certificate, may be scanned and uploaded or submitted later by fax, mail or email. The license will be issued after all required documents are received.

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Accepted payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover


License Fees

Licensing Fees

One-Year

$10.00

Three-Year

$27.00

Service Animal

no fee **

Other Fees

Late Fee (after 60 days)

$25.00

Replacement Tag

$5.00

** There is no fee required if you provide proof that your animal is a service animal.

Free Ride Home Program: If your currently licensed pet is ever lost, Animal Care & Control may be able to return the pet to you without taking the pet to the shelter up to once per year. Please be sure your information is up to date so you can be contacted.

 

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