Time to Make you Beagle Legal

From Town Clerk Vera Morrison:

Dear Dog Owner,

 The Town Clerk’s office needs to update our dog licensing program for the new dog licensing year starting June 1, 2013-June 30, 2013.  If you no longer have the dog, or the dog is deceased, we send our condolences for the loss of your pet.  Please immediately contact our office at (203) 287-7028, and we will remove your name from our computer. 

If the dog is still in your possession, please know the fee for licensing is $8.00 for a spayed/neutered dog and $19.00 (as of 10/1/03) for an unspayed female/un-neutered male. State law requires dog licensing in the month of June every year, and there is a state mandatory $1.00/month fine for registering after the month of June. 

PLEASE NOTE:  IF YOU DO NOT LICENSE YOUR DOG BEFORE JUNE 1, YOUR DOG’S NAME WILL BE DELETED AUTOMATICALLY FROM THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A REMINDER NOTICE FOR NEXT’S YEAR LICENSE.  

Please remember that dog owners who have not licensed their dogs should do so immediately per state law.  A dog without a dog tag and proper rabies vaccination tag is presumed to be unlicensed and not protected by law.  The fine to a dog owner for failure to license is $75.00   (CGS 22-349), and failure of the owner to vaccinate against rabies is $136.00 (CGS 22-339b).  The fine for allowing dogs to roam is $92.00 (CGS22-364a), and owners are liable for prosecution for any damage done by your dog, including damage to shrubs, flowers and trees. 

A mail-in dog license application is available on-line at http://www.hamden.com, which you may return to us with the rabies certificate and the appropriate fees, including any late fees.  All original certificates will be returned along with the license and tag. 

Please make your “Beagle Legal” as soon as possible, or call our office at 287-7028 with any problems.  

Vera A. Morrison, Hamden Town Clerk                                                                                                Hamden Government Center                                                                                                2750 Dixwell Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518