Birmingham licenses dogs and cats annually and strongly recommends microchipping to speed shelter returns; the city shelter chips animals at intake before adoption or release to owners.
Title 4 requires annual licensing of dogs and cats living in Birmingham, with proof of current rabies vaccination from a licensed Alabama veterinarian. Microchipping is not separately mandated for owned pets, but every animal entering the city shelter is chipped before adoption or owner reclaim. Reclaim fees are reduced when an owner can show the pet has a registered chip, providing a financial incentive. JCDH administers rabies-tag verification, and owners who let licenses lapse can be cited if the unlicensed pet later runs at large or bites someone.
Unlicensed pets cited at large can be impounded; owners must pay catch fees, reclaim fees, and back licensing before release, with higher charges for unaltered or unvaccinated animals.
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(16) prohibits creating excessive noise within 500 feet of any school, church, court or institution of learning in use, o...
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