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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .05 Permitting Process for Allowed Wild, Exotic, Hybrid, and Livestock Animals.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Permitting Process for Allowed Wild, Exotic, Hybrid, and Livestock Animals.">
    <para num="A.">A person intending to keep an allowed wild, exotic, hybrid, or livestock animal shall submit a permit application that has been completed in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="13.03.01.05|B."&gt;§B&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;cite data-path="13.03.01.05|H."&gt;—H&lt;/cite&gt; of &lt;cite data-path="13.03.01.05"&gt;this regulation&lt;/cite&gt; to the Office of Animal Control within 10 days of acquiring the animal.</para>
    <para num="B.">To obtain a permit, an applicant shall submit the following to the Office of Animal Control:<para num="(1)">An affidavit certifying that neither the applicant nor an operator, employee, or agent of the applicant has ever been convicted of animal abuse, cruelty, or neglect;</para>
      <para num="(2)">The applicant’s name and address;</para>
      <para num="(3)">The type, breed, age, and the gender of the animal; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">Written permission from the property owner giving permission to have the animal on the premises, if the applicant is renting the property that will house the animal.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="C.">Except in the case of beekeeping, an applicant shall further provide:<para num="(1)">A photo of the animal; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">Proof of current vaccinations and health examination;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="D.">The Office of Animal Control may request vaccination and health records for inspection.</para>
    <para num="E.">Except as provided in &lt;cite data-path="13.03.01.05|F."&gt;§F of this regulation&lt;/cite&gt;, a permit will be valid only at the location where the animals are normally housed.</para>
    <para num="F.">A beekeeping permit will be valid for each host site that is properly registered and approved under the permit with the Office of Animal Control.</para>
    <para num="G.">Permit Fees.<para num="(1)">With the exception of honey bees and as provided in &lt;cite data-path="13.03.01.05|G.|(2)"&gt;§G(2) of this regulation&lt;/cite&gt;, the applicant shall remit a permit application fee of $80.00 for an individual animal or group of animals of the same type.</para>
      <para num="(2)">An applicant may remit one permit application fee for a collection of snakes, lizards and green iguanas, which are considered the same type of animal for the purpose of permit fees.</para>
      <para num="(3)">An applicant shall remit the permit fee:<para num="(a)">In cash or by certified check, bank check, or money order made payable to the Director of Finance for the total cost of the permit; and</para>
        <para num="(b)">Along with the completed application to the Office of Animal Control</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="H.">A permit will remain valid unless it is suspended or revoked by the Health Commissioner.</para>
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