2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 723: FACILITY LICENSES
7 §3932. Boarding kennels

Part 9: ANIMAL WELFARE

§3932. Boarding kennels

1. License necessary. A person maintaining a boarding kennel, as defined in section 3907, shall obtain a license from the department and is subject to rules adopted by the department. The license expires December 31st annually or in a manner consistent with the license provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, whichever is later.

[ 1993, c. 657, §31 (AMD) .]

2. License fees. The fee for a boarding kennel license is $75.

[ 2003, c. 405, §17 (AMD) .]

3. Dog licenses.

[ 1993, c. 657, §32 (RP) .]

4. Advertising. A boarding kennel shall prominently display the state-issued kennel license number in any form of print advertising.

The license number must be provided to a person boarding an animal at a boarding kennel.

[ 2007, c. 439, §18 (NEW) .]

5. Notice of fees and services. A person maintaining a boarding kennel shall post upon the premises and provide upon request a written notice of fees charged for boarding and for any other services offered at the boarding kennel. The notice must indicate the hours during which the owner of the boarding kennel or a person responsible to the owner of the boarding kennel is on the premises.

[ 2009, c. 343, §15 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW). 1991, c. 779, §30 (AMD). 1993, c. 657, §§31,32 (AMD). 2003, c. 405, §17 (AMD). 2007, c. 439, §18 (AMD). 2009, c. 343, §15 (AMD).