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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-201 License required.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-201" heading="License required.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The owner of any dog or cat must obtain and renew a license for that dog or cat, as provided in this Part I.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="When to be obtained.">The license must be obtained within 10 days of the following, whichever is later:<para num="(1)">when the dog or cat becomes 4 months old; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">when the dog or cat was acquired by the owner, whether or not the previous owner had a license for the animal.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §27(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-024</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
