Nassau County shelters microchip every dog and cat before adoption, and New York licensing law requires updated owner contact information; private owners are not mandated to chip pets but it is strongly recommended.
All Nassau County municipal shelters and NCSPCA facilities implant a microchip in every dog or cat before adoption and register the chip in the AAHA Universal Lookup. Pet store sales under New York General Business Law section 753 require microchip or other permanent identification disclosure. Owners must keep dog license records current under Agriculture and Markets section 109, including microchip numbers if registered. Lost-pet matches are coordinated by NCPD Animal Crimes and the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter using the chip registry, dramatically improving return-to-owner rates above seventy percent.
Failure to update licensed dog records can incur fines up to twenty-five dollars; pet stores omitting chip disclosure face civil penalties up to one thousand dollars per sale.
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