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ANIMALS AND FOWL § 5-57 (b) The city treasurer shall only have the authority to license dogs of resident owners or custodians who reside within the boundary'limits of the city, and he may require information to this effect from any applicant. (c) Adog license shall consist ofalicense receipt and a metal tag. The tag shall be stamped or otherwise permanently marked to show the license was issued by the city, the sex of the dog, the calendar year for which it was issued, and it shall bear a serial number. (d) Upon receipt of a proper application, certificate of vaccination, and required license taxes, the treasurer shall issue a license receipt for the amount paid on which he shall record the name and address of the owner or custodian, the date of payment, the year for which issued, and serial number of the tag, whether male, female, unsexed dog, and he shall deliver the metal license tags or plates to the owner or custodian. (e) The information received by the treasurer from the applicant shall be retained by the treasurer, open to public inspection, during the period for which the license is valid. (D It shall be -nl awful for any person to make any false statement in order to secure a dog license to which he is not entitled. (Ord. No. 95-9, 9-26-95) State law reference--Code of Virginia, §§ 3.1-796.86, 3.1-796.90, 3.1-796.128. Sec. 5-56. License tax imposed. (a) An animal license tax is hereby imposed on the ownership of dogs required .to be licensed under this division in the following amounts. (1) For male and female dogs: Ten dollars ($10.00). (2) For unsexed dogs: Three dollars ($3.0'0). (b) No license tax shall be levied on any dog that is trained and serves as a guide dog for a blind person, that is. trained and serves as a hearing dog for a deaf or hearing impaired person or that is trained and serves as a service dog for a mobility-impaired person. As used in this sectioi~, ~hearing dog" means a dog trained to alert its owner by touch to sounds of danger and sounds to which the owner should respond and "service dog" means a dog trained to accompany its owner for the purpose of carrying items, retrieving objects, pulling a wheelchair or other such actiw'ties of service or support. (c) All dog license taxes collected shall go in the general fund of the city. (Ord. No. 95-9, 9-26-95) State law reference--Duty to impose dog license tax, limitation on amount thereof and provisions similar to subsection (b) above, Code of Virginia, § 3.1-796.87. Sec. 5-57. When tax due and payable. The tax imposed by section 5-56 shall be due and payable as follows: (1) On January first and not later than January thirty-first of each year, the owner of any dog four (4) months old or older shall pay such tax. Supp. No. 36 333