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20. Registration Procedures <br /> A. All dogs and cats kept and maintained within th corporate limits of the <br /> City of Decatur shall be registered by the owner or wners thereof. Such <br /> registration shall be valid for one year from the date of vaccination. The <br /> registration fee for dogs and cats registered within 30 day of inoculation against <br /> rabies shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00) if the dog or cat is s ayed or neutered and <br /> Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) if the dog or cat is not so ltered. The owner or <br /> owners thereof shall remit the required registration fee for each dog or cat owned <br /> at the time of inoculation. The veterinarian who inoculat d the dog or cat shall <br /> collect the registration fees. The veterinarian shall rem t the registration fees <br /> collected to the Finance Department. lf the vaccination is btained out of county, <br /> the registration fee must be paid to the Finance Department. The registration fee <br /> for any dog or cat registered more than 30 days after the date of inoculation <br /> against rabies shall be double the original fee. Exempt frpm the registration fee <br /> are trained public safety agency owned dogs maintained b � public safety officers <br /> for use in official public safety duties fulltime, with proof f such certified by the <br /> public safety agency's Chief or other agency head. <br /> B. Upon payment of the annual registration fee to he veterinarian, unless <br /> exempt for such payment, a registration certificate ill be issued by the <br /> veterinarian who shall remit the original to the Finance epartment. A copy of <br /> said certificate shall be kept by the owner and the D.V.M. inoculating the do� ur <br /> cat. The Registration Certiticate shall be appropriately umbered and serially <br /> filed by the Finance Department. <br /> 21. Registration Tag <br /> A. At the time an animal is registered as herein pr vided, the veterinarian <br /> who inoculated the dog or cat shall issue a registration tag furnished by the <br /> Finance Department bearing a number corresponding with the number on said <br /> registration certificate. The registration tag must be obtained at the Finance <br /> Department when a vaccination is obtained out of county a er presenting proof of <br /> rabies vaccination. Registration tags shall be of suitable, urable material and of <br /> a size suitable to be affixed to a collar worn by the register d animal. Registration <br /> tags shall be varied either in color or in shape from registration period to <br /> registration period so that tags issued for a registration eriod may be readily <br /> distinguished from tags issued for prior periods in near pro imity of time. <br />