Newark strongly encourages microchipping all dogs and cats, and the contracted Associated Humane Societies shelter scans every impounded animal. Microchipped pets reclaimed from impound get reduced reclaim fees, but Newark does not yet impose universal mandatory microchipping.
Newark Title 8 does not yet mandate microchipping for every owned pet, but city Animal Control and the Associated Humane Societies Newark facility scan all impounded dogs and cats on intake. Owners whose pets are returned via chip lookup avoid the full impound boarding fee schedule and instead pay a reduced reclaim charge. The Department of Health partners with Essex County Animal Welfare Federation events to provide $10-$25 chips during pop-up clinics. Newly licensed dogs are encouraged but not yet required to register chip numbers with the city clerk alongside annual rabies vaccination paperwork during the licensing renewal cycle.
No standalone fine exists for failing to microchip. However, unchipped pets impounded by Animal Control face full boarding fees plus a $50 administrative reclaim charge per Title 8 Chapter 2 schedule.
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