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§ 95.07 Dag Licensing Required. A. No person shall own, keep, or harbor any dog over the age of 4 months, within the city, unless a dog license has first been secured. Dog licenses shall be issued by the City for a fee as set by resolution of the Council. It shall be the duty of each person owning, keeping, or harboring a dog to pay the license fee imposed by §95.07 et seq. to the City on or before the first day of January of each year, or upon establishing residence in the city to immediately pay the license fee. The City may cause a notice of the necessity of the license fee to be printed in the official. newspaper in December prior to each license year. The license fees are provided for in the city fee schedule for the following: a. Altered dogs b. Unaltered dogs c. Service dogs B. All licenses shall be valid for one year from each January 1 to the following December. License applications may be made from January 1 through January 31 each year without penalty. When application is made after January 31 for any animal subject to licensing prior to that date, an additional fee shall be charged for the license. The additional. fee herein prescribed is assessed to cover the additional costs of the administration and not as a penalty, and the payment of such a fee shall not exempt any owner from any penalties imposed for any violation of this subchapter. C. A license will be one-half of the amount set out in the fee schedule if properly obtained after June 30 of the license year. D. The City shall deliver one (1) appropriate tag to the owner when the fee is paid. The owner shall cause the tag to be affixed by a permanent metal fastener to the collar of the dog registered in a manner that the tag may be easily seen. The owner shall ensure that the tag is constantly worn by the dog. In case any dog tag is lost, a duplicate may be issued upon. verification of the iicensure for the current year. A charge of $ 1 shall be made for the duplicate tag. E. The provisions of this section shall not be intended to apply to domestic animals brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any domestic animal show or for less than 30 days. 95.08 Offenses Involving Tags It shall be unlawful to counterfeit or attempt to counterfeit the tag provided for in §95.07 or take from any dog a tag legally placed upon by its owner with the intent to place it upon another dog. § 95.09 Tags Not Transferable; Refunds Dog tags shall not be transferable. No refunds shall be made on any dog registration fee