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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-204 Issuance of licenses and tags.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-204" heading="Issuance of licenses and tags.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">On approval of the application and receipt of the required fee, the Office must issue the license.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Together with the license, the Office must issue an identification tag that is:<para num="(i)">durably constructed;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">designed so that it can be conveniently fastened or riveted to a well-fitted collar or harness; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">stamped with the year of its issuance and an identifying number.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Animal from animal shelter.">For an unlicensed dog or cat that is reclaimed or adopted from an animal shelter, the animal shelter must:<para num="(1)">require a license application and the required fee to be submitted to it; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">on receipt of the application and receipt of the required fee, issue the license and identification tag for that dog or cat.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §27(d)</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>
