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Article 2. Dogs. Division 1. License Required. Section 4-3. Dog license. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor a dog unless the dog is licensed as provided by this article. This section shall not apply to dogs under the age of three months which do not run at large, dogs in quarantine, and dogs brought into the County exclusively for the purpose of entering them in a dog show or dog exhibition and not allowed to run at large. A dog license shall be obtained by presentation of a written application and payment of the license fee to the director of finance or that director's designee. Section 4-4. License fees. (a) The following fees are hereby established as biennial license fees for the privilege of owning, harboring or keeping of dogs in the County: (1) Sterilized dog..............................................................................................................$10 (2) Unsterilized dog.......................................................................................................... $25 (3) Sterilized dog that has a microchip implanted.............................................................$ 4 (4) Unsterilized dog that has a microchip planted.............................................................$10 (b) The license fee shall be due and payable on January 2 of every second year and shall be paid before March 11 of every second year, or within thirty days after the exemption ceases in the case of dogs becoming subject to this chapter. The full amount of the fee shall be paid for any fraction of the license period for which a license is issued. (c) All license fees received by the director of finance shall be deposited into the spay -neuter special fund pursuant to article 7. Section 4-5. Issuance of license and tags. Upon the receipt of the license fee the director of finance, or that director's designee, shall issue to the person paying the fee a license stating the following: (1) The name and address of the person to whom the license is issued; (2) The year for which the license is paid; (3) The date of payment; (4) A description of the dog for which the license is issued; (5) The number of the metal tag issued for the dog; and (6) Designation as such if the dog is a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog. The director of finance shall at the same time issue and deliver to the person a metal tag of such form and design as the director of finance may designate with a serial number and the year for which it is issued plainly inscribed thereon, which tag shall be attached to a collar around the neck of the dog for which the license has been issued. Section 4-6. Proof of sterilization and microchipping. (a) Any person seeking to have a dog licensed at the sterilized dog rate must present a certificate from a licensed veterinarian showing the description, age, and breed of the dog and certifying its sterilization. 4