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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-133" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulation of Animals">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Wicomico County, each year as specified by law, a person owning or keeping a dog shall apply to the county tax collector for a license for the dog if the dog is at least 6 months old.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the time of application, the applicant shall pay the fee for a dog or kennel license set by the governing body of Wicomico County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except as provided by § 13–108 of this subtitle, the licenses and fees required under this section are the only licenses and fees required for owning or keeping a dog.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The governing body shall prepare and supply the form for a license issued under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A dog license shall contain the date of issuance, a serial number, and a description of the dog licensed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A license expires as specified by local law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Wicomico County, the county tax collector shall issue a tag with each dog license to a person owning or keeping a dog when the person pays the license fee for the dog.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The governing body of Wicomico County shall prepare and supply tags to the county tax collector each year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The tags shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>composed of metal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>imprinted with a serial number corresponding to the number on the license issued to the owner under subsection (a) of this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>imprinted with the calendar year for which the tag is issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>1 inch or less in length; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>equipped with a substantial metal fastener.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The governing body shall change the general shape of the tags each year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Tags supplied to owners of kennels shall contain the word “kennel”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The person owning or keeping a dog shall attach the tag to a substantial collar and keep the collar and tag on the dog for which the license was issued at all times, except when the dog is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>confined in a kennel; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>hunting under the charge of an attendant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The county tax collector shall replace a lost tag on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>application by the person to whom the original license was issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the production of the license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>payment of a fee of 25 cents.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of Wicomico County may designate persons to assist the county tax collector to collect license fees and issue licenses and tags under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Wicomico County, the owner or custodian of a female dog that is in heat:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not knowingly allow the dog to run at large; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall confine the dog.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
