2022 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 7 - Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs
110 - License Fees.

§  110.  License  fees.  1.  The  license  fee for dog licenses issued
pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred nine of this  article
shall  be  determined  by the municipality issuing the license, provided
that the total fee for an unspayed or unneutered dog shall be  at  least
five  dollars  more than the total fee for a spayed or neutered dog. All
revenue derived from such  fees  shall  be  the  sole  property  of  the
municipality  setting  the  same  and shall be used only for controlling
dogs and enforcing this article and any rule, regulation, or  local  law
or ordinance adopted pursuant thereto, including subsidizing the spaying
or  neutering  of  dogs and any facility as authorized under section one
hundred sixteen of this article used therefor,  and  subsidizing  public
humane education programs in responsible dog ownership.
  2.  Municipalities may exempt from their licensing fees any guide dog,
hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search  dog,  detection  dog,
police  work  dog or therapy dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs
shall be conspicuously marked "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog",
"Working Search Dog", "War Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog",  or
"Therapy  Dog",  as  may  be appropriate, by the clerk or authorized dog
control officer.
  3. In addition to the fee charged pursuant to subdivision one of  this
section,  all  municipalities  issuing  dog  licenses  pursuant  to this
article are required to provide for  the  assessment  of  an  additional
surcharge  of  at  least  one dollar for altered dogs and at least three
dollars for unaltered dogs for  the  purposes  of  carrying  out  animal
population   control   efforts   as  provided  in  section  one  hundred
seventeen-a of this article.  Such  surcharges  shall  be  submitted  by
municipalities to the commissioner.
  4.  In addition to the fee charged pursuant to subdivision one of this
section, any municipality issuing dog licenses pursuant to this  article
is  hereby  authorized  to  provide  for  the  assessment  of additional
surcharges for the purpose of:
  (a) recovering costs associated with enumeration conducted pursuant to
subdivision six of section one hundred thirteen of this article should a
dog be identified as unlicensed during such enumeration. Such additional
fee shall be the property of the licensing  municipality  and  shall  be
used  to pay the expenses incurred by the municipality in conducting the
enumeration. In the event  the  additional  fees  collected  exceed  the
expenses  incurred  by  the municipality in conducting an enumeration in
any year, such excess fees may be used by the municipality for enforcing
this article and for spaying or neutering animals; and
  (b) offsetting costs associated with the provision and replacement  of
identification  tags  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred eleven of this
article.