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Dog Licenses:

Dog licenses can be obtained at the Coventry Town Hall at the town clerks office.  A current rabies vaccination certificate that shows the expiration date is required in order for the clerk to issue a license.  Licenses are $8.00 per dog for the 2007 licensing year. 

*Rabies tags are not acceptable proof of rabies vaccination.*

You may obtain a dog license by mail. Be sure to include a note card with your name, address, phone number, dogs name, breed, coat color, and gender, a copy of your rabies certificate, a check for $8.00 made out to Town of Coventry and a self addressed stamped envelope to:                  

Town Clerks Office

Att: Dog Licenses

Coventry Town Hall
1670 Flatriver Rd.
   Coventry RI, 02816

*Please note all of these things must be included in order for you license to be properly issued.

YOUR LICENSE WILL NOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE

 

Town of Coventry Ordinance Section 3-11 Licensing

1. Every owner or Keeper of a dog who resides in the Town of Coventry shall annually in the month of April cause such dog or dogs to be licensed from the first day of the ensuing May in the office of the town clerk, any person who shall become the owner or keeper of a dog, shall cause the same to be licensed as aforesaid with 30 days. Penalty: First offense $25.00 Second offense  $250.00 Third offense $500.00

Section 3-56 Rabies Vaccination
a) No dog over 3 months old shall be permitted within the town limits unless such dog shall have been vaccinated against Rabies.
c) No license shall be issued for any required dog to be licensed unless the   owner/keeper shall present to the town clerk, a current certificate of vaccination for rabies.