Any person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of a
dog over four months of age within Henderson County or any incorporated
area therein shall each year obtain a County license therefor.
County licenses shall be issued and sold by the County Humane
Society or by a designated facility. Such licenses shall only be issued
after a rabies immunization certificate has been obtained and the
fee set by the Fiscal Court has been paid. A numbered identification
tag or other identifying mark shall accompany the license and shall
be physically attached to the dog's collar.
County licenses shall be issued on an annual basis for the fiscal
year from July 1 until June 30.
If license tag is lost, the dog owner shall obtain from the
County Humane Society or the designated licensee facility which issued
the original license a replacement tag at a cost set by the Fiscal
Court.
No person, partnership or corporation shall breed dogs or obtain
dogs for sale or transfer without first obtaining a County permit
therefor.
County breeding permits shall be issued and sold by the County
Humane Society upon agreement by the applicant to comply with the
terms of this chapter and the payment to the Humane Society of the
applicable permit fee.
The animal breeding permit shall expire on June 30 of each year.
Animal breeding permit fees shall be set by the Fiscal Court.
Veterinary hospitals not breeding dogs and public dog shelters will
be exempt from the requirements of this Part 1.