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Owning, possessing or harboring of certain animals must be reported to the Town Clerk by 4/1

Main (Home Page) News Posted on March 01, 2018

Under Chapter 680 of the Laws of 2002 enacted General Municipal Law Section 209-cc, requires the annual reporting of the presence of wild animals (for example, certain cats, dogs, snakes, monkeys). Each person owning, possessing or harboring a wild animal as set forth in Section 209-cc must report its presence to the Municipal Clerk´s office on or before April 1 of each year.

The form for reporting, list of animals and information about the law is available at https://www.dhses.ny.gov/notification-presence-wild-animals.

If after visiting the aforementioned web page as well as NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services > Office of Fire Prevention and Control > State Fire's General Public Resources web page (scroll down to see Reporting the Presence of Wild Animals), please call the Town Clerk´s office.


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