Section 437:3 Licenses.
Applications for licenses shall be made annually in writing to the department accompanied by a license fee of $200. After January 1, the license fee shall be $100. If after inspection the department finds that the premises, cages and facilities thereon meet the proper standards for health and sanitation and that their use will not result in inhumane treatment of said animals or birds, and proof is provided with the application that the zoning enforcement official of the municipality wherein such facility is to be maintained has certified that the facility conforms to the municipal zoning regulations, a license shall be issued. Licenses shall expire on June 30 following issue, and may be renewed on application to the department accompanied by a renewal fee of $200. Such licenses shall be in the form prescribed by the department, shall be publicly displayed at the premises covered by them and adjacent to animal display cages. Each such license shall be subject to revocation at any time by the department, if in the judgment of the department the conditions under which it was issued are not being maintained. Each licensee shall be inspected by an employee of the department or by a person appointed by the department no less frequently than every 6 months. Upon receipt of a written complaint alleging violation of this subdivision, the department shall investigate said complaint within a reasonable time. All license fees shall be deposited in the state treasury.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2004, 107:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. 2009, 296:4, eff. Sept. 29, 2009.