§ 4-70. Licensing procedures.

(a)

It shall be the duty of the section manager, licensed veterinarian or the collector of licenses of cities as prescribed in section 4-69 to collect the license fees under this article. He shall record substantially the following information:

(1)

The name of each person paying a license fee on any dog or cat;

(2)

The date and amount of such payment;

(3)

The description and sex of each dog or cat on which a license is paid;

(4)

The license tag number issued by him for such dog or cat; and

(5)

The date when the dog or cat was vaccinated.

(b)

No license shall be issued unless a valid, unexpired certificate of vaccination is exhibited at the time the request for the license is made. Upon presentation of the certificate of vaccination and upon receipt of the payment of the license fee the section manager, licensed veterinarian or collector of licenses, or his duly authorized agent, shall cause to be issued to the person paying the same a registration certificate giving the owner's name, date issued, amount paid, description and sex of the dog or cat for which the registration is being issued; the registration tag number issued, the date the dog or cat was vaccinated and the type of vaccine used. The section manager, licensed veterinarian or collector of licenses shall deliver a metal registration tag bearing the serial number of the registration certificate and the year in which it was delivered. Such tag shall be supplied by the county mayor or by the municipality out of the revenue of the county or city. It shall be the duty of the owner to attach such registration tag to a collar which shall be worn at all times by each dog or cat registered. In the event of the loss of such registration tag it shall be the duty of the person owning, keeping or harboring the dog or cat to apply to the section manager, licensed veterinarian or city license collector who shall issue a duplicate tag for which he shall be paid a fee, and the duplicate tag shall be forthwith attached to the dog's or cat's collar and at all times worn thereon; provided, that in any case the collar may be removed from hunting dogs while in the chase. Nothing in this section shall authorize the use of an unlicensed dog either in the hunt or the chase.

(Code 1992, § 3-36; Priv. Acts 1951, ch. 384, § 6)

State law reference

Similar provisions, T.C.A. § 68-8-104.