(Amended by Ord. No. 183,527, Eff. 6/8/15.)
The Department may provide and implant an electronic animal identification device (microchip) in any dog, cat or rabbit at the request of the animal’s owner. The Department shall charge the owner a fee to provide and implant the microchip in the amount of $15.00 per animal, or such other fee established in Subsection (a) of Section 53.12. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,537, Eff. 6/21/18.)
The Department shall implant each dog, cat and rabbit adopted out of a Department shelter with a microchip. The fee for the implanted device for a dog, cat or rabbit adopted from the Department’s shelters shall be $15 per animal, or such other fee established in the manner set forth in Subsection (a) of Section 53.12 and promulgated by the Department. The fee for the microchip shall be paid in addition to any other adoption-related fee, except as otherwise expressly provided.