Boone County drops mandatory dog licensing fee after nearly 30 years

Boone County drops mandatory dog licensing fee after nearly 30 years

Boone County will eliminate its decades-old dog license requirement, shifting what was once a mandatory annual fee into a voluntary program. On June 17, the Boone County Fiscal Court voted to amend an ordinance, which requires dog owners to pay a $15 licensing fee to Boone County Animal Services and register their dog with animal control. The ordinance was initially passed into law in 1995. The county’s dog licensing fee will still be in effect,…