PLEASE CLICK HERE TO LICENSE YOUR DOG(S)

 

Licensing and Registration
Massachusetts General Law requires that all dogs aged six months and older be licensed each year.  A current rabies certificate is required at the time of registration for ALL new licenses and renewals. If a form is submitted without the rabies certification, the dog(s) will NOT be registered.

How to obtain a dog license

• ONLINE (must provide CURRENT rabies certificate when filing online)
• IN PERSON– stop by the Town Clerk’s Office with your dog’s rabies certificate and payment
• BY MAIL (download form by clicking here)

1. Fill out the Dog License Form 

2. Include a COPY OF RABIES VACCINATION CERTIFICATE for each dog. 

3. Include PAYMENT (checks payable to Town of Edgartown) for license ($6 for spayed/neutered dogs, $10 for intact dogs). There is also a $1.00 processing fee. 

4. Mail the form, vaccination certificate and payment to the Town Clerk’s Office PO Box 35, Edgartown, MA 02539

 

If your dog gets away, please make sure you notify your local Animal Control (508-939-1782) and/or non-emergency police business line (508-627-4343) IMMEDIATELY.  And always remember to follow the Town By-Laws to avoid a citation(s): 

“Any person owning, keeping, or being responsible for a dog shall not allow nor permit said dog to run at large on any of the streets or public places in the Town of Edgartown or upon any private property, unless the owner or lawful occupant of such property grants permission therefore.

No dog shall be allowed or permitted in any public place or street within the Town unless it is effectively restrained and controlled by a chain or other form of leash that is sufficient to hold the dog, or unless it is under the immediate and effective  control of a handler, or unless it is within and confined to a motor vehicle.”

Some additional tips thanks to Missing Dogs Massachusetts  (www.missingdogsmass.com):       

-Use a martingale collar when walking on leash
-Keep clip collar with ID on at all times 
-Microchip with current registration
-Crate, leash, or keep behind gate when guests arrive/depart
-Crate or seatbelt when traveling in vehicle
-Understand risks of retractable leashes
-Train dog to follow voice commands
-Self-closing hinges on fences/gates
-No holes at base of fence lines
-No attendance at fireworks/parades

 

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