(A) All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners or keepers within the town must be licensed and registered by the same in the Town Clerk's office within 30 days of obtaining ownership or possession and every owner or keeper of such a dog shall annually in the month of April cause such dog to be licensed and registered from the first day of the ensuing May in the Town Clerk's office. Every owner or keeper applying for a license shall furnish the Town Clerk with the following information: name and address of owner or keeper, and breed, sex, color and name of dog to be licensed. The Town Clerk shall assign a registered number for each dog so licensed, and shall enter on such license the registered number and the above required information. The owner or keeper must pay a fee of $7 for licensing and registration, $2 for a license tag and any fee pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-24-9.
(B) The Town Clerk shall, annually, in the month of March, give notice by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of the licensing requirements of this chapter.
(C) Owners of dogs used for guiding blind persons shall be licensed and issued with a license tag without charge.
(D) No license may be issued to a dog that has not been vaccinated for rabies. Proof of rabies vaccination shall be a current, valid rabies certificate.
('73 Code, § 4-26) (Ord. passed 2-5-86; Am. Ord. 09-07, passed 4-20-09; Am. Ord. 2011-8, passed 9-6-11) Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
Authority, see R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 4-13-4 and 4-13-31