[Adopted 5-12-1981 ATM, Art. 31]
[Amended 5-12-1993 ATM, Art. 28]
Any owner or keeper of a dog six months of age
or older in the Town of Boxford shall cause that dog to be licensed
as required by MGL c. 140 within the stipulated time.
A prerequisite of application for the license
shall be the accompanying submission of proof of vaccination of the
dog for rabies within the preceding period as required by the laws
of the commonwealth by a person qualified to administer such vaccination,
which vaccine shall have been approved by the Department of Public
Health of the commonwealth.
[Amended 5-12-1993 ATM, Art. 28; 5-13-2003 ATM, Art. 20]
The fee for such license shall be in the amount
required by MGL c. 140, § 139, as amended. Should any owner
or keeper of a dog fail to license that dog before January 31, that
owner or keeper shall pay a late fee of $25 before obtaining said
license, excepting a dog brought into the Town as provided in MGL
c. 140, § 138, this late fee shall be applicable from the
31st day after arrival of such dog.
[Amended 5-12-1993 ATM, Art. 28; 5-13-2003 ATM, Art. 20]
Any person maintaining a kennel in the Town
of Boxford, who fails to license as prescribed by this bylaw and the
laws of the commonwealth, before January 31, shall pay a late fee
of $40.
Such fees as collected by the Animal Control
Officer or Town Clerk shall be accounted for and paid over to the
Town Treasurer to be incorporated into the general fund.
[Added 5-22-1997 ATM, Art. 52; amended 5-14-2013 ATM, Art. 31]
The failure of an owner or keeper of a dog six months of age or older to have said animal vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian using a vaccine approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health shall be subject to a noncriminal fine of not more than $100, pursuant to § 1-4 of the General Bylaws of the town.
[Added 10-29-1997 STM, Art. 16; amended 5-14-2013 ATM, Art. 31]
Notwithstanding the schedule of fines set forth in MGL, c. 140, § 141, or any other provision of law to the contrary, any owner of a dog who fails to license that dog pursuant to the requirements of MGL c. 140, § 137, or who violates the provisions of §§ 137A or 137B regarding the requirements of kennel licensing and sales of dogs from kennels, or § 138 regarding a change in ownership of a licensed dog or the bringing into the Town a dog licensed in some other state may at the election of the enforcing person be subject to a noncriminal fine of $50, pursuant to § 1-4 of the General Bylaws of the town.
