17.02.020 Dog licensing – Civil violations.
The following dog licensing regulations are designed to protect public health and safety and welfare of dogs. The owner of a dog shall license his/her dog as required in CCC 17.02.015. The violation of this section is a Class 1 civil infraction. It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the following regulations:
(1) Owning an unlicensed dog over the age of six months;
(2) Owning a dog over the age of six months that is off its owner’s property while not wearing a collar with a current valid metallic license tag attached, or is not otherwise permanently identified with a microchip that can be correlated with a license number, as provided for in CCC 17.02.015(3);
(3) Owning a dog wearing a license tag registered to another dog;
(4) Removing a license tag from any dog without the authorization of the owner of the dog;
(5) Falsely representing whether any dog is neutered, nonneutered, spayed, nonspayed, or microchipped for the purpose of securing a dog license.