N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 111: Identification of dogs

§ 111. Identification of dogs. 1. Each dog licensed pursuant to

subdivision one of section one hundred nine of this article shall be

assigned, at the time the dog is first licensed, a municipal

identification number. Such identification number shall be carried by

the dog on an identification tag which shall be affixed to a collar on

the dog at all times, provided that a municipality may exempt dogs

participating in a dog show during such participation.

2. No tag carrying an identification number shall be affixed to the

collar of any dog other than the one to which that number has been

assigned.

3. A municipality offering a purebred license may provide a licensee,

at his or her expense, any number of tags imprinted with the same number

as the purebred license. One such tag shall be affixed to the collar of

each dog harbored pursuant to the purebred license at all times,

provided that municipalities may exempt dogs participating in a dog show

during such participation. Such a tag shall be affixed only to the

collar of a dog owned by the holder of the purebred license and harbored

on his premises.

4. A municipality offering a license for any guide dog, service dog,

hearing dog, therapy dog or detection dog may issue a special tag for

identifying such dog, provided that such tag shall be in addition to the

identification tag required by subdivision one of this section. The

municipality may prescribe the shape, size, color, and form of imprint

of the tag which shall be a different color and shape than the standard

identification tag. Upon application, the commissioner shall furnish

such tags without payment of a fee.