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Codified Ordinances of Wheeling, WV
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
ARTICLE 507
Dogs and Cats
507.01   Dog registration and tag required.
507.02   Dog licenses.
507.03   Removal or alteration of dog registration or tag.
507.04   City pound.
507.05   Dogs and cats running at large.
507.06   Seizure of dog or cat running at large; impounding.
507.07   Nuisance by animals.
507.08   Keeping of numerous dogs and cats.
507.09   Confinement of female dogs.
507.10   Obstructing City Manager or authorized representative.
507.11   Voluntary sterilization of adopted animals; credit. (Repealed)
507.12(A)   Cruelty to dogs and cats.
507.12(B)    Tethering of dogs or cats.
507.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Dogs generally - see W. Va. Code Art. 19-20
Vaccination of dogs for rabies - see W. Va. Code Art. 19-20A
Domestic animal tax - see W. Va. Code 8-13-10
 
507.01 DOG REGISTRATION AND TAG REQUIRED.
   Any person owning, possessing or harboring a dog above the age of six months within the City shall have the same registered with the County Assessor prior to the beginning of each fiscal year and shall have the tag issued upon registration securely fastened upon the collar worn by such dog. The failure to have displayed or worn on any dog, at any time, of such valid tag shall be prima-facie evidence that such dog is not registered and such dog shall be impounded, sold or destroyed as provided by State law.
(Ord. 7369. Passed 9-8-81.)
507.02 DOG LICENSES.
   The annual license fee to keep or maintain a dog shall be as follows:
   (a)   Male dog: $1.25;
   (b)   Female dog: $2.00;
   (c)   Spayed female dog: $1.25.
   Applications for licenses shall be made to, and licenses issued by, the County Assessor upon the payment of the specified fee. All such dog licenses shall be issued for the fiscal year and shall be valid from the date on which issued until June 30 of that fiscal year.
(Ord. 7369. Passed 9-8-81.)
507.03 REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF DOG REGISTRATION OR TAG.
   No person shall remove, alter or forge any certificate or tag provided for in this article, or display, present or utter such certificate as valid with knowledge that it has been altered or forged, or knowingly cause or permit any dog owned, kept or harbored by him to wear any fictitious, altered or invalid registration tag in place of a valid tag as requried by this article.
(Ord. 7369. Passed 9-8-81.)
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