Dog Licensing Information

Dog License Application

The state requires all municipalities to license residents’ dogs. If you have not completed a dog license application, please print out the above form or stop by the municipal offices for a form. OR you can write down your dog’s information (age, Breed, Name, Colors, Spayed? Non Spayed?, ) along with your name, address, email, and phone number on a piece of paper. Mail this with a check payable to the Borough of Califon for $15.00 Spayed/Neutered Or $20.00 NON Spayed/Neutered  to:

Califon Borough Municipal Offices, P.O. Box 368, Califon, NJ 07830

Or drop it off at the DropBox by the back door of the Municipal Building.

Note, your dog must have a current Rabies Certification in order to obtain a license.

Please check your pup’s records to determine when he or she is due for a Rabies Vaccination and get your loved one vaccinated today! Please be advised that your dog’s rabies vaccination expiration date must not be with 10 months of January 1, 2020. If it falls within January  1st and October 1st then you must obtain a Booster Rabies Vaccination BEFORE a license is issued. This is a STATE LAW :

PET LICENSING

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:23A-4.2, to issue a dog license, the pet owner must first supply to the dog licensing clerk a rabies vaccination certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian indicating that the animal’s duration of immunity extends throughout at least the first ten months of the twelvemonth licensing period. Animals that have a duration of immunity that expires prior to the ten-month cut-off must receive a booster rabies vaccination prior to licensure. Boosting the animal’s immunity before the expiration of the previous vaccination has not been associated with an increased occurrence of adverse reactions.

Last modified: April 3, 2022