Dear fellow Hanoverians:
Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced today that 2021 Town
of Hanover dog licenses are now finally available on-line, via the front
door mail slot, or by mail. Due to COVID-19 illnesses and related
quarantines at the manufacturing plant, dog tag production was delayed
several weeks. Residents are kindly asked to be patient regarding the
receipt of their tags while the backlog of several hundred applications is
cleared.
The licensing period is January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021, and a $10 late
fee applies beginning April 1, 2021. All dogs over the age of 6 months are
required by law to be licensed. The license is good for one year, and
costs $10 for spayed or neutered dogs, and $15 for intact dogs. Residents
over the age of 70 will be given a free license for their vaccinated dog
upon proof of the owner’s age.
In an effort to make this process easy for residents, there are several
ways to license your dog.
• If you use the on-line system found here:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=dz+uDqeqP6q+lj6qrBW2UIY7H4lw2bh+izQX1pvxPMZoqLt7nDMYRqoN783ZLADJ
and are simply re-registering an existing dog, you can retrieve your
account by entering your first name, last name, house number and then by
selecting a street name from the drop down menu. You must enter the
information exactly how it was registered on the system in order to
retrieve your account. If found, you have to confirm your pet(s) name and
then you can enter an email and create a password. This will save you
having to upload existing rabies or spay/neuter certificates! It will also
prevent duplicate and therefore confusing records.
• Residents may also fill out the dog license application that is found
on the Town Clerk’s section of the Town of Hanover’s website at:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=Nzn//G2sttuue9Sf14Wk0oY7H4lw2Sh+izQX1pvxPMZoqLt7nDM4RqoN783ZLADJ
. This is the same application that was included in the census mailing
this year. Completed forms may be mailed in with your payment, proof of
current rabies vaccination and proof of spaying or neutering (if you have
not submitted that information previously) to: Town Clerk’s Office, 550
Hanover Street, Hanover, MA 02339, and your tag will be mailed back to
you.
• Due to locally high rates of COVID-19, dog licenses are not available
in-person at this time. Residents wishing to drop off their paperwork may
simply put it in an envelope in the front door mail slot along with a check
payable to the Town of Hanover. Again, in all cases, your dog’s tag will
be mailed back to you.
Unlicensed dogs are subject to a minimum of a $25 fine, with an additional
$25 fine if unleashed and another fine of $50 if unvaccinated for rabies.
Don’t delay; get your dog’s license soon!
If you have questions or need more information about the licensing of your
dog in Hanover, please call the Town Clerk’s Office at (781) 826-5000
x1079 or e-mail clerk.staff@hanover-ma.gov .
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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