Why should I license my dog?

Licensing reunites lost pets with their owners. A dog license can be traced 24 hours a day, every day of the year by an on-call animal control officer in any part of the county. The license information includes home and alternate phone numbers, a secondary person to contact in case of emergency and medical and dietary information for the dog. Before the dog license, owners were only required to have a current rabies tag on their pet. Rabies tags could only be traced through the issuing veterinary clinic and only when the clinic was open.


Visit the License Your Dog webpage for more information.

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1. Is it illegal for dogs to bite?
2. Is it illegal to harbor a female dog in heat?
3. Where can my dog run off-leash?
4. Why should I license my dog?