Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog over the age of six months within the municipality shall within 30 days after acquisition of the said dog acquire a license for each such dog annually by or before the first day of January of each year. The said tax shall be delinquent from and after March 10; provided, the possessor of any dog brought into or harbored within the corporate limits subsequent to January 1 of any year shall be liable for the payment of the dog tax levied herein. Licenses shall be issued by the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer upon the payment of the license fee of $3 for each male dog and spayed female dog and $3 for each unspayed female dog. Said license shall not be transferable and no refund shall be allowed in case of death, sale or other disposition of the licensed dog. The owner shall state at the time the application is made and upon printed forms provided for such purpose, his or her name, address and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned and kept by him or her. A certificate that the dog has had a rabies shot, effective for the ensuing year of the license, shall be presented when the license is applied for and no license or tag shall be issued until the certificate is shown.
(1997 Code, § 6-101) (Ord. 2007-04, passed 5-1-2007)
Statutory reference:
Authority or similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-526, 54-603, 71-4412