541-32. Dog Tags.
(a) Each person owning any dog over the age of four (4) months shall procure a license for such dog within thirty (30) days after the dog reaches the age of four (4) months or within ten (10) days after the arrival of such dog in the unincorporated area of Humboldt County, except those dogs that are currently licensed by one of the cities in Humboldt County, and shall be required to pay for each dog at said time a license fee in such amount as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution. If said license fee is not paid within the above specified period of time, the owner shall be required to pay a license fee for each dog so owned in such larger amount as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution. The Animal Control Officer may demand such proof as may be necessary to ascertain that the dog has in fact reached the age of four (4) months within the thirty (30) days next preceding the application for a license, or that the dog has arrived in the unincorporated area of the County of Humboldt within the ten (10) days next preceding the application for a license. No dog license shall be issued except upon proof by the applicant that the rabies vaccination will be effective during the entire period for which the license is issued. (Ord. 2351, § 17, 12/6/2005)
(b) On or before the anniversary date of the dogs certified rabies vaccination, each person owning a dog required to be licensed in Humboldt County may purchase a two-year or three-year license for such dog and shall pay for each dog a license fee in such amount as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution, except that, where a certificate is presented from a licensed veterinarian that the dog has been spayed or neutered, the fee for each dog shall be such lesser amount as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution. A three-year license may only be issued for dogs that have attained the age of twelve (12) months or older. No dog license shall be issued for the two or three year period except upon proof by the applicant that the rabies vaccination will be effective during the entire period for which the license is issued. If said license fee is not paid on or within 30 days of the anniversary date of the dog’s certified rabies vaccination, the owner shall be required to pay a late fee for each dog so owned in such amount as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution.
(c) Each person owning a dog required to be licensed who fails to procure said license and pay the license fee required hereunder shall be guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 1019, § 1, 3/18/1975; Ord. 1710, § 1, 1/7/1986; Ord. 1936, § 1, 7/2/1991; Ord. 1970, § 1, 4/28/1992)