A. 
All dogs in the Town of Alden must be licensed with the Town Clerk by the age of four months, and a current certificate of rabies is required to be presented at the time of licensing or the renewal of an existing license.
B. 
All dog licenses will be paid for a period of one year and will expire at the end of the month one year from the date of issue. Dog licenses are not transferable.
C. 
Fees for licensing of dogs. The fee for a spayed or neutered dog and the fee for an unspayed or unneutered dog will be as set in the Town Fee Schedule,[1] with such fees being reviewed by the Town Board periodically and which may be changed by a resolution of the Town Board if deemed necessary.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
D. 
Grace period. Any dog harbored within the Town of Alden which is owned by a resident of New York City and licensed by the City of New York, or which is owned by a nonresident of New York State and licensed by a jurisdiction outside the State of New York, shall for a period of 30 days be exempt from the provisions of this section.
E. 
Enumeration fee. When the Town Board determines the need for a dog enumeration, a fee as set by resolution of the Alden Town Board will be assessed to all dogs found unlicensed.
F. 
Purebred license. The Town of Alden will not be issuing purebred licenses. All dogs will be licensed individually as per the fee system stated above.
G. 
Service dogs. The Town of Alden will require a license for every guide dog, service dog, hearing dog, therapy dog and detection dog; however, the fee for this license shall be waived. All applicants for licenses for a guide dog, service dog, hearing dog, therapy dog or detection dog shall be required to present a current certificate of rabies at the time of licensing or the renewal of an existing license.
H. 
The Town of Alden does not allow the licensing of dogs by a shelter. The shelter must send the adoptive dog owners to the Town Clerk of the Town or City in which the dog will be harbored for licensing or to the Town Clerk of the Town of Alden, where the shelter is located for the purchase of the license for adoption purposes.
I. 
All dog licenses may be purchased by visiting the Town offices or by regular mail. If licensing or renewing a license by mail, the appropriate fee must accompany the forms. There will be no refund of fees.
J. 
All fees will be used in funding the administration of the Dogs Law of the Town of Alden.