§ 109. Licensing of dogs required; rabies vaccination required. 1. (a)\nThe owner of any dog reaching the age of four months shall immediately\nmake application for a dog license. No license shall be required for any\ndog which is under the age of four months and which is not at large, or\nthat is residing in a pound or shelter maintained by or under contract\nor agreement with the state or any county, city, town or village, duly\nincorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly\nincorporated humane society or duly incorporated dog protective\nassociation. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a license\nshall be issued or renewed for a period of at least one year, provided,\nthat no license shall be issued for a period expiring after the last day\nof the eleventh month following the expiration date of the current\nrabies certificate for the dog being licensed. All licenses shall expire\non the last day of the last month of the period for which they are\nissued. In the event an applicant for a license presents, in lieu of a\nrabies certificate, a statement certified by a licensed veterinarian, as\nprovided in subdivision two of this section, a license shall be issued\nor renewed for a period of one year from the date of said statement. Any\nmunicipality may establish a common renewal date for all such licenses.\nA license issued by a municipality that has established a common renewal\ndate shall expire no later than the common renewal date prior to the\nexpiration date of the rabies certificate for the dog being licensed.\n (b) Application for a dog license shall be made to the clerk of the\ntown, city, or county or, in the counties of Nassau and Westchester,\nincorporated village in which the dog is harbored or to the village\nclerk of those villages in the county of Rockland with a population of\nfifteen thousand or more which have elected to accept applications\npursuant to the provisions of this paragraph or to the village clerk of\nthe village of Newark in the county of Wayne upon the election of the\nvillage of Newark pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.\nProvided, however, that in the counties of Nassau and Westchester, the\nboard of trustees of any incorporated village may by resolution provide\nthat applications for licenses shall no longer be made to the village\nclerk, but to the clerk of the town in which the village is situated.\nProvided further, however, that in the county of Rockland, the board of\ntrustees of any incorporated village with a population of fifteen\nthousand or more may by resolution provide that application for licenses\nshall be made to the village clerk. Provided further, however, that in\nthe county of Wayne, the board of trustees of the village of Newark may\nby resolution provide that application for licenses shall be made to the\nvillage clerk. Provided further, however, that in the county of\nMontgomery, the board of trustees of the village of St. Johnsville may\nby resolution provide that application for licenses shall be made to the\nvillage clerk. The governing body of any town or city or, in the\ncounties of Nassau and Westchester, incorporated village or in the\ncounty of Rockland, those villages with a population of fifteen thousand\nor more which have so elected to accept applications, in the county of\nWayne, the village of Newark if such village has so elected to accept\napplications or, in the county of Montgomery, the village of St.\nJohnsville if such village has so elected to accept applications may, on\nresolution of such body, authorize that such application be made to one\nor more named dog control officers of any such town, city or village.\nThe issuance of any license by any such officer shall be under the\ncontrol and supervision of the clerk. In the case of a seized dog being\nredeemed or a dog being otherwise obtained from a county animal shelter\nor pound, such application may be made to the county dog control officer\nin char
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