Beginning today, Contra Costa Animal Services (CCAS) will be implementing a new fee structure.
Approved by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on November 19, the new fee structure amends the Department’s current fees – adjusting certain fees and creating new fees – and changes the licensing options.
Highlights of changes incorporated in the Department’s new fee structure include:
- Shifting from a line item adoption fee structure to a flat-rate adoption fee structure, based on breed, age and sex of the animal.
- Allowing seniors (65yrs or older), veterans and current service members to license their first pet for free, and each additional pet for a 50% reduced license fee.
- Increasing the cost, and decreasing the penalty, for pet licensing.
- Amending the options for pet licensing from three options (1-year, 2-year & 3-year licenses) to two (3-12 months & 12-36 months licenses).
“At its core, this updated fee structure represents a commitment to our community,” said Beth Ward, Director of Contra Costa Animal Services. “While the update will certainly bring our fees into balance with the true costs we incur, we are most excited about the benefits our patrons will enjoy, including lower overall adoption costs and allowing veterans and elders in our community to license their pets for free or at a reduced rate.”
To view the entire updated 2020 fee structure, click here.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to lower the cost of the license, and increase the fine for failing to obtain one? Sounds like somebody got the carrot and stick mixed up.
Well, that would just make too much sense. And we can’t have that ya know.
Just like government raising taxes on weed after retailers explained those very taxes are killing the ‘legal market’. Like most parasites, they won’t stop until their host is dead.
Cats have to be licensed?
No. Not required to renew. But when adopted law requires a license on all dogs and cats.
Make it harder for the animals to get out of hell.