(A) At the time of issuance of the license, the Animal Control Bureau shall issue a dog tag for each dog so licensed. The tag shall have stamped thereon the number corresponding with the number of the license certificate.
(B) Every owner or keeper shall ensure that each dog not kept in a kennel wears a collar or other harness to which the license tag must be permanently affixed, and they shall see that the collar or other harness and tag are continuously worn by the dog.
(C) In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the Animal Control Bureau upon presentation of the receipt showing payment of the license fee for the current license period and upon payment of a fee established by resolution of the City Council for the issuance of such duplicate tag.
(D) No person shall transfer any dog tag from one dog to another or place a dog tag upon any dog except the dog for which it was issued. No unauthorized person shall remove any current valid dog tag from any dog. No person shall place upon or attach to a dog any false, counterfeit or unauthorized dog tag for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter. Only those persons who own or keep the dog duly vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall possess the dog tag, and no person shall make use of or have in his or her possession a stolen or counterfeit dog tag.
(`78 Code, §§ 6.12.050, 6.12.100, 6.12.120, 6.12.130.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 1722 §§ 3, 7, 9 and 10, 1984.)