Sec. 22-338. Licensing of dogs. Fees. Rabies certificate. Exemptions.
Sec. 22-338. Licensing of dogs. Fees. Rabies certificate. Exemptions. (a) Each
owner or keeper of a dog of the age of six months or older, except dogs kept under a
kennel license as provided in section 22-342, shall cause such dog to be licensed in the
town clerk's office in the town where such dog is kept, on or before June thirtieth,
annually, or at such time as such dog becomes six months old, and annually thereafter,
on or before June thirtieth. The owner or keeper shall pay to such town clerk for such
license the sum of seven dollars for each neutered male or spayed female dog and the
sum of twelve dollars for each unneutered male dog and each unspayed female dog,
and one additional dollar in each case as the town clerk's fee for issuing a tag and license
as provided in section 22-340. Two dollars from each license fee collected for a neutered
or spayed dog shall be deposited into the animal population control account, established
under section 22-380g. If an owner or keeper of a dog fails to procure a license as
required by this section, such owner or keeper shall pay the appropriate license fee
specified in this section, the town clerk's fee and a penalty of one dollar for each month
or fraction thereof the dog remains unlicensed.
(b) Any owner or keeper applying for a license for a dog under subsection (a) of this
section, except for those owners or keepers possessing a rabies vaccination exemption
certificate, or a copy thereof, issued pursuant to section 22-339b, shall submit to the
town clerk a rabies certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian, or a copy thereof, stating
that such dog has been vaccinated against rabies, the date of the vaccination and the
duration of the immunity provided by the vaccine. No license shall be issued unless the
certificate indicates that the immunity provided by the vaccine is effective at the time
of licensing.
(c) Any owner or keeper applying for a license for a dog pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section that has been exempted from vaccination against rabies pursuant to section
22-339b shall submit to the town clerk a rabies vaccination exemption certificate issued
by the department, or a copy thereof, in lieu of a rabies certificate.
(d) This section shall not apply to any dog which is imported into this state for
exhibition purposes and which does not remain in this state for more than thirty days.
Any person may import, from another state, any licensed dog with collar, tag and rabies
vaccination certificate, and keep the same in this state for not more than thirty days,
without complying with the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 3384; 1953, 1955, S. 1822d; 1957, P.A. 440, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 613, S. 9; February, 1965, P.A. 49, S. 1;
P.A. 76-361, S. 1; P.A. 82-323, S. 3; P.A. 85-167, S. 1; P.A. 89-161, S. 1; P.A. 91-46, S. 1, 12; P.A. 93-435, S. 40, 95;
P.A. 02-61, S. 1; P.A. 03-103, S. 1; P.A. 06-105, S. 1; P.A. 07-105, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act made provisions generally applicable deleting references to period between May 1, 1958, and June
30, 1959, and revised fee provisions; 1965 act raised license fee for male or spayed female dog from $2.10 to $3 and for
unspayed dog from $5.90 to $7, added reference to charges for fractions of months and changed last date for acquiring
license without penalty from July first to June thirtieth; P.A. 76-361 distinguished between neutered and unneutered male
dogs in fee provisions as between spayed and unspayed female dogs; P.A. 82-323 doubled various town clerk's fees and
penalty applicable until July thirty-first; P.A. 85-167 added Subsec. (b) requiring a rabies certificate for licensing on and
after June 1, 1986; P.A. 89-161 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fees, to remove language on the prorating of fees and
to change the method for computing penalties and amended Subsec. (b) to remove outdated language; P.A. 91-46 added
Subsec. (c) to provide for an exemption for certain dogs imported into the state; P.A. 93-435 made certain technical and
grammatical revisions, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 02-61 amended Subsec. (a) to increase license fee for neutered or
spayed dog from $5 to $7 and allocate $2 from each license fee for a neutered or spayed dog to the Animal Population
Control Fund; P.A. 03-103 amended Subsec. (a) to increase license fee for unneutered and unspayed dogs from $9 to $12
and made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 06-105 amended Subsec. (b) to add exclusion for owners or keepers
possessing rabies vaccination exemption certificate and insert "licensed" re veterinarian, added new Subsec. (c) re submittal
to town clerk of such certificate and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d); P.A. 07-105 amended Subsec. (a) to
change Animal Population Control Fund to animal population control account, effective June 11, 2007.
See Sec. 22-339b re rabies vaccination exemption.
Former statute cited. 139 C. 624.