Salt Lake City does not universally mandate microchipping, but Animal Services microchips every animal adopted, redeemed, or licensed at the shelter and requires chips before release for repeat at-large impound cases.
SLC Code Title 6 treats microchips as the gold-standard secondary identification beyond the metal license tag. Chapter 6.20 authorizes Animal Services to microchip impounded animals at owner expense before redemption when the animal arrived without functional ID. Adoption contracts include microchipping in the standard fee. Owners must keep registration current with the chip company; outdated chips effectively make a found pet unidentifiable, prolonging shelter stays and exposing owners to longer holding fees. Veterinarians and many SLC clinics offer chips for under fifty dollars.
Refusing chip implantation before redemption forfeits the animal. Allowing registration to lapse after a chip is implanted is not separately fined but undermines redemption rights.
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