Pet Licenses
ATTENTION DOG & CAT
OWNERS
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Please remember that
all dogs and cats in the City of Elroy must be
licensed. To avoid paying a $5.00 late fee, all dogs
and cats must be licensed by April 1st. To license your dog
or cat you need to bring in the current certificate of vaccination
from your veterinarian. (Rabies vaccinations are required for
any dog or cat over 4 months of age.) You will also need to
show proof of $100,000 liability insurance. If the owner of
the property where the animal is kept is not the owner of the
animal, the property owner must give written permission to the
animal owner to keep this animal, and the property owner must show
proof of liability insurance in the same amount required of the
owner of the animal. The cost of a license is $10.00 for a
dog or cat that is not spayed or neutered. A license for a
dog or cat that is spayed or neutered is $5.00. Also, no
person or family shall own, harbor, or keep more than two dogs
and two cats except for a litter of puppies or kittens which
may be kept for not more than ten weeks from their birth.
Owners having three dogs and cats registered with the City of Elroy
before June 20, 2002, may continue to keep such animals.
However, animals exceeding the prescribed limits shall not be
replaced. Authorized kennels are also exempt from this
limit. Kennel licenses are required for persons with three or
more dogs. The price of a kennel license is $100.00 for three
dogs and an additional $10.00 for each dog over three. There
are a maximum number of seven kennel licenses that will be granted
in the City of Elroy. After the maximum number has been
reached, no additional kennel licenses shall be issued unless an
existing license is surrendered. In addition to paying the
kennel fee, applicants will also be asked to show current rabies
immunization information and proof of $100,000 liability insurance
on the property where the kennel will exist. If the property
is a rental, written permission must be given from the property
owner. Upon application there will be a public hearing of the
common council at which time they will consider the proposed
location of the kennel, construction plans, comments and concerns
of neighbors and recommendations of the official designated by the
city to investigate kennel license applications. If you have
any questions, please call City Hall at
462-2400.