You have two more opportunities to buy your 2020 dog license conveniently by meeting up with the county auditor's mobile dog licensing outpost.
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The idea is that the outpost will allow dog owners to buy their pet's license from a location within their community.
The deadline for purchasing a license is Jan. 31, so it's important to provide as many licensing opportunities as possible, Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith said Thursday.
Keith's office offers 22 fixed licensing outposts throughout the county that many dog owners utilize.
However, the pet store chain Pet Valu stopped selling licenses this year. Pet Valu sold nearly 4,500 licenses in the county last year, so this represents a substantial loss in sales, Keith said. The Pet Valu on Smithville Road, in the city's Belmont neighborhood, sold more than 2,500 licenses in 2019 alone.
To help fill the need for dog licenses, outposts will be located in the following areas:
Jan. 23, 4-7 p.m., Trotwood Branch Dayton Metro Library
Jan. 27, 4-7 p.m., Northwest Branch Dayton Metro Library
Dog licenses also can be purchased:
- Online at www.mcohio.org/dogs
- By mailing an application, which can be downloaded at www.mcohio.org/dogs
- In-person at 20 stores and agencies in the county, as well as the county administration building and the Animal Resource Center.
In Montgomery County, a dog license costs $20 for an animal that has been spayed or neutered, $24 for an unaltered dog.
Proceeds from license sales go to the Animal Resource Center to help care for stray and lost animals until they can be adopted.
According to Ohio law, all dogs older than 3 months must be licensed through their county.
