§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 $10 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 and whether the dogs have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be dangerous dogs or nuisance dogs. The clerks shall make a monthly report to the department on a department-approved form of all dog licenses issued and fees received. [PL 2017, c. 404, §8 (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. [PL 2003, c. 405, §20 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 622, §FF17 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 779, §34 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 779, §52 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 254, §7 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 617, §7 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 405, §20 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 223, §11 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 404, §8 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
7 §3942. Issuance of dog licenses
7 §3943. Municipal warrants (REPEALED)
7 §3944. Issuance of kennel licenses
7 §3945. Use of license fees and court fines retained by municipalities
7 §3946. Dog recorders in unorganized territories
7 §3947. Animal control officers
7 §3949. Animal shelter designation
7 §3950-A. Official refusal or neglect of duty
7 §3950-B. Euthanasia for severely sick or severely injured livestock