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No person keeping or harboring a dog for which a license is required shall fail to exhibit a license receipt, certificate of vaccination, or exemption certificate required by this article upon demand by any employee of the Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 133,983, Eff. 4/10/67.)
All moneys received by the Department for licenses issued under the provisions of this article and all moneys collected under actions brought as herein provided to recover unpaid license taxes, and all moneys received by said Department from sales of animals, or as fees from any source, shall be paid by the Department into the City Treasury and credited to the departmental receipts of said Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 133,983, Eff. 4/10/67.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 133,983, Eff. 4/10/67.)
The amount of any license tax or penalty imposed by this article shall be deemed a debt to the City of Los Angeles. Any person owning, having or keeping any dog in this City without having obtained a license so to do shall be liable to an action in the name of this City in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of any license tax imposed by and required by this article to be paid for the privilege of keeping and having such dog. It shall be the duty of the General Manager of the Department to cause a complaint to be filed against any person violating any of the provisions of this article and to cause an action to be brought against any person failing to pay any license tax required by the provisions of this article for the recovery of such tax. Such action shall be cumulative and shall not be deemed as a bar to or a waiver of the right of this City to prosecute any person for a violation of this article.
(Amended by Ord. No. 181,882, Eff. 10/30/11.)
The owner or operator of any dog hospital or pet shop, and any person engaged in the business of breeding dogs or a veterinarian who sells, gives away or in any manner causes the ownership or permanent possession of any dog, whether over four (4) months of age or not, to be transferred to any person, shall notify in writing the Department of that fact within five (5) days after the date of such sale or transfer. Such notice shall state the kind of dog, the name of such dog, if any, and the name, address, telephone number and if known, the electronic mail address, of the person to whom such dog has been sold or transferred.
No person shall have, harbor or keep any unlicensed dog that is over the age of four months.
A Municipal Corporation may require the licensing of dogs.
People v. Harrington (1940) CR A 1701.
People v. Harrington (1941) CR A 1828.
In re Ackerman (1907) 6 Cal. App. 7.
Simpson v. City of Los Angeles (1953) 40 Cal. 7 271.
(Amended by Ord. No. 130,868, Eff. 10/25/65.)
Every person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any female dog or cat shall strictly confine such animal during its copulating season, i.e., while it is in heat or in season, in a building or other adequate enclosure designed to keep such dogs or cats on the premises of said person.
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