(a) No person shall own, possess, harbor, maintain or keep any dog within the Township without first obtaining a license as provided for by the Dog Law of 1919 of the State of Michigan.
(b) The following shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person to own, keep, possess, maintain, or harbor any dog six months or older that does not at all times wear a collar with an approved tag displaying the dog is licensed, issued through the County.
(2) For any person except the owner or authorized agent to remove any license tag from any dog.
(3) For any person who owns, keeps, possesses, harbors, or maintains any dog, to fail to forthwith produce proof of a valid dog license upon request of a person authorized to enforce under this chapter.
(4) For the owner of a dog that is four months old to fail to apply for and obtain in 30 days a license for each dog owned, maintained, kept, harbored, or possess.
(5) That if the dog license is lost or destroyed, the license holder shall obtain forthwith, a duplicate license paying the prescribed replacement license fee.
(Ord. 117. Passed 4-26-61; Ord. 409. Passed 12-15-14.)