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City ordinance requires any person within the city who owns a dog or cat over six months of age to obtain a license and rabies vaccination for the animal. The court fine for failure to license is $50.00 plus $32.00 court costs per animal. All licenses issued are valid for one year from the date of purchase. Rabies vaccination must be current to purchase a pet license. The below listed license fees were adopted by the City Council November 18, 2002.



License Fees Male or Female
Dog or Cat
Neutered or Spayed
Dog or Cat
Owner Under 62 $34.00 $17.00
Owner Over 62 $28.00 $14.00


Late Fees
  31-60 days after expiration $ 5.00
61-90 days after expiration $10.00
91 days or more after expiration $15.00

Put the tag on your pet's collar! A rabies tag is not a license. An I.D. tag is not enough. With a license we have your pet's number, and we can locate you if it strays or is injured.


Animal Control telephone hours: 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
                                8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Saturday-Sunday

                  office hours: 8:00 a.m. -  4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

                 officer hours: 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
                                On Call Hours Only Saturday/Sunday

		 Phone:  441-7900 or 441-7904
		 Fax:	 441-8626
		 TDD:	 441-7825

*** All bites & attacks should be reported to Animal Control for investigation, quarantine of the animals and rabies follow-up ***


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