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The director of finance shall at the same time issue and deliver to the person an identification <br />tag of such form and design as the director of finance may designate with a serial number and the <br />year for which it is issued plainly inscribed thereon, which tag shall be attached to a collar <br />around the neck of the cat for which the registration has been issued. <br />Section 4-21. Proof of sterilization and micro -chip implanting. <br />(a) Any person seeking to have a cat registered at the sterilized cat rate must present a <br />certificate from a licensed veterinarian showing the description, age, and breed of the cat <br />and certifying its sterilization. <br />(b) Any person seeking to have a cat licensed at the micro -chip rate must present a certificate <br />from a humane society, animal care center, or a licensed veterinarian showing the description, <br />age, and breed of the cat and certifying that a micro -chip has been implanted in the cat. <br />Section 4-22. Registering of strayed or stolen cats. <br />No person shall file a registration for a cat that has strayed from its owner's premises or <br />which has been picked up on a roadway or public place unaccompanied by its owner or other <br />person or which has been stolen from its owner. <br />Section 4-23. Removal of cat identification tag. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person other than an officer of or a person authorized by the <br />animal control officer to remove any cat registration from any cat not owned by the person. <br />Section 4-24. Reserved <br />Article 5. Dog License <br />Section 4-25. Dog license required. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor a dog unless the dog is licensed as <br />provided by this article. <br />This section shall not apply to dogs under the age of three months which do not run at large, <br />dogs in quarantine, and dogs brought into the County exclusively for the purpose of entering <br />them in a dog show or dog exhibition and not allowed to run at large. <br />A dog license shall be obtained by presentation of a written application and payment of the <br />license fee to the director of finance or that director's designee. <br />Section 4-26. License fees. <br />(a) The following fees are hereby established as biennial license fees for the privilege of <br />owning, harboring or keeping of dogs in the County: <br />(1) Sterilized dog..............................................................................................................$10 <br />(3) Unsterilized dog.......................................................................................................... $25 <br />(4) Sterilized dog that has a microchip implanted.............................................................$ 4 <br />(5) Unsterilized dog that has a microchip implanted.........................................................$10 <br />(b) The license fee shall be due and payable on January 2 of every second year and shall be paid <br />before March 11 of every second year, or within thirty days after the exemption ceases in <br />the case of dogs becoming subject to this chapter. The full amount of the fee shall be paid <br />for any fraction of the license period for which a license is issued. <br />(c) All license fees received by the director of finance shall be deposited into the spay -neuter <br />special fund pursuant to article 11. <br />