WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                          Ch. 60

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 11-501(o)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

11-501.

(a)     Except in CARROLL COUNTY, Montgomery County and Howard County, on
or before the first day of July of each year, the owner of any dog, six months old or over,
shall apply either orally or in writing, to the county treasurer or to the tax collecting
officer in said county for a license for each such dog owned or kept by him, and such
application shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each male dog or each
spayed female dog, and a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each unspayed female dog, and
provided that kennel license shall be issued for ten dollars ($10.00) to persons owning or
keeping not in excess of twenty-five dogs and that a kennel license fee of twenty dollars
($20.00) shall be issued to persons keeping more than twenty-five dogs. The said license
or fee shall be the only license or tax required for the ownership or keeping of said dog or
dogs. Such license shall be issued on a form prepared and supplied by the county
commissioners. Such license shall be dated and numbered, and shall contain a description
of the dog licensed. Except in CARROLL COUNTY, Montgomery County and Howard
County, all licenses shall be void upon the first day of July of the following year. The
county commissioners shall also furnish, and the county treasurer, or tax collecting officer
issuing the license, shall issue, with each license, a metal tag. Such tag shall be affixed to
a substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished by the owner, and with the tag attached
shall at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued, except when confined
in the kennel or when hunting in charge of an attendant.

(b)     In [Carroll County and in] Calvert County the fees for dog licenses shall be
determined by the county commissioners. However, before establishing or altering any
license fee, the Calvert County Commissioners shall advertise the proposed fee for 2
consecutive weeks in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation in Calvert County. All
dog licenses will expire on June 30. Any license valid on July 1, 1973, shall remain valid
through June 30, 1974.

(O) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO CARROLL COUNTY.

(2) THE CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL SET THE FEES, THE
TERM, AND THE FORM FOR DOG LICENSES AND KENNEL LICENSES PURSUANT TO
THE AUTHORITY UNDER § 11-511 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

11-503.

(a) [The] EXCEPT IN CARROLL COUNTY, THE county commissioners of the
counties shall prepare, and furnish annually to the county treasurer, and to the tax
collecting officer, metal tags to be given the owners of dogs when the owners shall pay the
license fee for dogs. The tags shall be of metal, and shall have a serial number

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