[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include
every person having a right of property in that dog and every person
who has that dog in his keeping, and when applied to the proprietorship
of any other animal, including, but not limited to, a cat, shall include
every person having a right of property in that animal and every person
who has that animal in his keeping.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Application for licenses for dogs which are required to be licensed
shall be made before the last day of January of each year. In all
other cases, the application for a license shall be made within 10
days of the date upon which the dog in question first becomes subject
to the provision of this section.
B.
The license and registrations shall expire on January 31 of the year
following the year in which it was issued.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Licenses shall be required for the following dogs of licensing
age:
A.
Dogs owned and kept within the Borough on the first day of January
of any calendar year.
B.
Any dog acquired by any person during the course of any calendar
year and kept within the Borough for more than 10 days after acquisition.
C.
Any dog attaining licensing age during the course of the calendar
year.
D.
Any unlicensed dog brought into the Borough by any person and kept
within the Borough for more than 10 days.
E.
Any dog licensed by another state, brought into the Borough by any
person and kept within the Borough for more than 90 days.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any
licensing year for any dog owned in New Jersey, and the license and
tag issued by any other municipality of this state shall be accepted
by the Borough as evidence of compliance with this section.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as
"Seeing Eye" dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped persons and commonly
known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly
known as "hearing ear" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other
dogs hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of
such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing
body shall grant any such license and official metal registration
tag for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the
dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies
vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with
the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture
and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the State
Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals
as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health, and
shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other
veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. The State Department
of Health shall promulgate regulations providing for the recognized
duration of immunity, interval of inoculation, certificate of vaccination,
certificate of exemption, and such other matters related to this act.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.2, Dogs; license and metal registration tag required; placing
tag on dogs; guide dogs or service dogs, N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.4, Time
for applying for license; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.6, Dogs brought into State;
N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.7, Removing tag from dog without owner's consent;
attaching tag to another dog; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.8, License for kennel,
pet shop, shelter or pound; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.10, Kennels, pet shops,
shelters or pounds; permitting dogs to go off premises; and N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.18, Interfering with persons performing duties under Act,
or the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of
Health pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.14, shall be liable to a penalty
of $50 for each offense.
