2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 725: MUNICIPAL DUTIES
7 §3942. Issuance of dog licenses

Part 9: ANIMAL WELFARE

§3942. Issuance of dog licenses

Municipal clerks shall issue dog licenses in accordance with chapter 721, receive the license fees and pay to the department $9 for dogs capable of producing young and $3 from each license fee received for dogs incapable of producing young. The clerks shall keep a record of all licenses issued by them, with the names of the owners or keepers of dogs licensed and the sex, registered numbers and description of all dogs except those covered by a kennel license. The clerks shall make a monthly report to the department on a department-approved form of all dog licenses issued and fees received. [2003, c. 405, §20 (AMD).]

The clerk shall retain $1 from each license fee as a recording fee. The clerk shall deposit $2 from each license for a dog incapable of producing young in the municipality's animal welfare account established in accordance with section 3945. [2003, c. 405, §20 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW). 1991, c. 622, §FF17 (AMD). 1991, c. 779, §34 (AMD). 1991, c. 779, §52 (AFF). 1999, c. 254, §7 (AMD). 2001, c. 617, §7 (AMD). 2003, c. 405, §20 (AMD).