I know this much, in the state of Pennsylvania it is a summary offense and punishable by a fine of up to $300 for each unlicensed dog. Every state has different laws that i'm sure you can find on the internet, if anyone has questions I would be glad to help. I have charged people with this before. If you have an unlicensed dog and they would be lost or stolen or god forbid anything else would happen and you called authorities you would risk getting in trouble. I do it because like i said, i work in the courthouse and can't get away with it, the state dog warden will go door to door and check, and like i said more dogs are recovered through licensing than microchipping to date because of the different readers that don't read all chips and whatnot. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion! :-)
__________________ Beth - Mom to Vinnie, the wonder-yorkie! |