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Village of Mamaroneck, NY
Westchester County
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A. 
No person shall own or harbor a dog within the Village unless such dog is licensed with the Village Clerk pursuant to § 109, Subdivisions 1 and 2, of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York.
B. 
All dogs within the Village of Mamaroneck four months of age or older, unless otherwise exempted, shall be licensed.
C. 
The owner of each dog required to be licensed shall obtain, complete and return to the Village Clerk a dog license application together with the license application fee, any applicable license surcharges and such additional fees as may be established by the Village of Mamaroneck.
D. 
Each license application shall be accompanied by proof that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies or a statement from a licensed veterinarian that such vaccination would endanger the dog's life in which case vaccination shall not be required.
E. 
Each license issued shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance and shall not be transferrable.
F. 
Pursuant to § 111, Subdivision 1, of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law on the identification of dogs, owners of dogs are required to have identification tags issued by the Village Clerk's Office of the Village of Mamaroneck assigning each dog with a municipal identification number.
G. 
The identification number shall be carried by the dog on an identification tag which shall be affixed to a collar of the dog at all times, except while the dog is participating in a dog show. No tag carrying an identification number shall be affixed to the collar of any dog other than the one to which the identification number has been assigned to.
A. 
The fees for licensing a dog shall be as established by resolution of the Village Board pursuant to § 110 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York.
B. 
No refund of fees shall be made once an application has been submitted to the Village Clerk.
C. 
Excepted from payment of the license fee are applications submitted for a dog license for any guide, hearing, service, war, working search, detection, police and therapy dogs.
D. 
As required by § 110 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, in addition to the license fee established by § 156-7A of this article, each applicant for a dog license shall pay the mandatory surcharge of at least $1 if the dog to be licensed is spayed or neutered, or a surcharge of at least $3 if the dog sought to be licensed is not spayed or neutered.
Any person violating this article shall be subject to such penalties as set forth in § 118 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.