Animal Control Fees (as of 2013)

TOWN FEES:

License fees:

  • $7.00 spayed or neutered dogs
  • $17.00 male or female dogs

Late license (after May 31st): $15.00 per dog

Pickup fee: $30.00 per loose dog

Unleashed dog: (fees set by State law)

  • 1st offence; a warning or $25.00 (ACO judgment)
  • 2nd offence; $25.00 or $50.00 (ACO judgment)
  • 3rd offence; $50.00

Board while impounded: $18.00 per day ($10.00 to ACO/8.00 to Town)


STATE FEES:

Rabies not up to date: $100.00

Improperly confined outdoors: per M.G.L. Ch 140 Sec.174E

  • 1st offence; a warning
  • 2nd offence; $50.00
  • 3rd offence; $100.00

Failure to license: $50.00