6.04.030 Registration and licensing of cats and dogs—Requirements.
A. All adult cats and dogs harbored, kept or maintained within the city shall be licensed and registered annually, or within thirty days of acquisition by the owner, or within thirty days of being moved into the city, whichever occurs later. Licenses shall be issued upon payment of the amount required by EMC 6.04.100, and upon proof of current vaccination for the following communicable disease from a licensed veterinarian: rabies.
B. Licenses.
1. License tags shall be securely displayed upon dogs and cats at all times, except when the animal is displayed in any official exhibition or is working in the field as a hunting animal. Cat owners shall be allowed to choose the means by which to display the identification number (tag, collar or other acceptable form of identification tag, with the registration number on it). An identification tag, with registration number, shall be supplied by animal control.
2. Licenses are not transferable to another animal. License information may be transferred to a new owner upon payment of a registration fee as set forth in EMC 6.04.100.
3. All licenses provided in this section shall expire one year from the last day of the same month the license was issued. The license fee will be the rate as provided in EMC 6.04.100.
4. Owners of animals displaying current licensing from jurisdictions outside Everett shall purchase a new license for the license replacement fee listed in EMC 6.04.100, provided the animal remains in possession of the owner to whom such license was duly issued.
5. Animals must be licensed to the address where they reside or are kept.
C. Exceptions from Licensing and Waiver of Fees. License fees for animals owned by persons aged sixty-five or older and for owners of registered service dogs shall be as specified in EMC 6.04.100. (Ord. 3903-22 § 2, 2022; Ord. 2684-03 § 2, 2003; Ord. 2394-99 § 2, 1999; Ord. 1810-91 § 3, 1991.)