(A) The owner or keeper of any animal over 4 months of age shall have the animal vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. The veterinarian who vaccinates the animal shall issue to the owner thereof a vaccination certificate. The certificate shall bear the name and address of the veterinarian who issued it, along with a certificate number. The veterinarian shall also furnish each owner with a metal tag bearing the certificate number and the year of the vaccination.
(Ord. 2-96, passed 6-25-1996)
(B) (1) The owner or keeper of any unlicensed dog shall, upon securing the required rabies vaccination for one or more years, contemporaneously pay to the treating veterinarian or person administering the rabies vaccination in a vet tech capacity a $5 county license fee, which $5 fee shall, for license fee purposes, cover the same year or number of years as the rabies vaccination. Of this amount, $3 shall be paid to the Fiscal Court by the collecting veterinarian on a quarterly basis for funding animal control, and the other $2 of that amount shall be retained by the veterinarian for services in collecting, reporting and paying over this fee to the Fiscal Court. The rabies vaccination tag shall serve as the dog license, and the rabies vaccination tag number shall serve as the dog tag license number for record-keeping purposes.
(2) This division (B) shall be effective July 1, 2004.
(Am. Ord. 11-01, passed 9-11-2001; Am. Ord. 2004-12, passed 6-22-2004; Am. Ord. 2011-13, passed 10-25-2011)