Terms for Dog and Cat Licenses

The following terms for dog and cat licenses are adopted under Section 5-59(e); Required, issuance, duration; Article VI; Dog and Cat Licenses; Chapter 5, Animal Control; Montgomery County Code, 1992, as amended:

Juvenile license, available to owners of a Expires one year after the animal’s first

dog or cat that is less than one year old rabies vaccination

Altered dog or cat Owner's option of one year or three years

Unaltered dog or cat Three years

In no case shall the license term exceed the rabies vaccination expiration date. Should the rabies vaccination expire prior to the standard one year or three year term, the license shall expire when the rabies vaccination expires.

Permanent health considerations:

If a licensed veterinarian certifies that any animal should not be altered due to age or permanent condition, said animal shall be considered to be altered and the owner shall have the option of electing a one or three year license term if veterinary certification of the condition is submitted with the license application or renewal.

Temporary health considerations:

If a licensed veterinarian certifies that any animal should not be altered due to a temporary condition, said animal shall be considered to be altered and the owner shall have the option of electing a one or three year license term if veterinary certification of the condition is submitted with the license application, and the certificate contains an estimated date by which the animal can be altered. Within one month of that estimated altering date, the owner must provide the Department with veterinary certification that the animal has in fact been altered, or must at that time license the animal for three years.