(Added by Ord. No. 142,367, Eff. 9/24/71, Oper. 10/1/71.)
(a) Upon payment of a $5.00 fee, there shall be issued at the request of each cat owner or person having custody or control thereof, a cat identification tag to be worn by the cat for which it is issued.
(b) The Department shall keep a record of the name and address of the person to whom each such identification tag is issued, the number of such tag, the date of issuance thereof and a description of the cat for which issued.
(c) Each cat identification tag shall consist of a metal tag with the number affixed together with the words “L.A. City.”
(d) No unauthorized person shall remove from any cat any identification tag issued by the Department of Animal Services.
(e) (Added by Ord. No. 143,407, Eff. 7/1/72.) The Department of Animal Services may for the purposes of this article impound cats for the following reasons:
(1) The cat is sick or injured;
(2) The cat is feral or starving;
(3) The owner or other person or persons authorized to relinquish possession of it, state that the cat is unwanted.
(f) No person shall attach to or keep upon any cat or make or have in their possession any counterfeit or imitation of any tag provided for in this section. (Added by Ord. No. 143,407, Eff. 7/1/72.)
(g) The Department may upon statement of loss and receipt of $1.00 issue a replacement cat identification number and tag. (Amended by Ord. No. 157,035, Eff. 10/4/82, Oper. 11/1/82.)