Tuscola County Treasurer

Tuscola County Treasurer - Dog Licenses

Must have valid rabies vaccination to obtain a license.

Prices for licenses purchased before February 28th

• Male or Female - $15.00
• Unsexed - $10.00

If license is purchased after February 28th (Delinquent)

• All licenses - $40.00

Purchase at or mail to:

Tuscola County Treasurers office

440 N. State St.

Caro, MI 48723

Online Dog License Application/Donation Form

Dogs: Licensing - Tags - Leashes

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to own any dog 4 months old or over, unless the dog is licensed as hereinafter provided, or to own any dog 4 months old or over that does not at all times wear a collar with a tag approved by the director of agriculture, attached as hereinafter provided, except when engaged in lawful hunting accompanied by its owner or custodian; or for any owner of any female dog to permit the female dog to go beyond the premises of such owner when she is in heat, unless the female dog is held properly in leash; or for any person except the owner to authorize agent, to remove any license tag from a dog; or for any owner to allow any dog, except working dogs such as leader dogs, guard dogs, farm dogs, hunting dogs, and other such dogs, when accompanied by their owner or his authorized agent, while actively engaged in activities for which such dogs are trained, to stray unless held properly in leash.

Application: Proof Of Vaccination - Fees

Sec. 6. On or before March 1 of each year the owner of any dog 4 months old or over, except as provided in section 14, shall apply to the , township or city treasurer or his authorized agent, where the owner resides, in writing, for a license for each dog owned or kept by him. The board of supervisors of any county of this state may by resolution extend the time for application for license until June 1 of any year, and wherever the date of March 1 is used in this section, the same shall be June 1 as applied to such county. Such applications shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of such dog, and the name and address of the last previous owner. Such application for a license shall be accompanied by proof of vaccination of the dog for rabies by a valid certificate of vaccination for rabies, with a vaccine licensed by the United States department of agriculture, signed by an accredited veterinarian.

The board of supervisors of any county in this state in which the collections of the fees hereinbefore prescribed shall exceed the amount of money necessary to pay the necessary fees and damages caused by the dogs, as provided in this act, in such county, by resolution, may reduce such fees to an amount deemed necessary by the board to bring in sufficient funds to pay the damages caused by the dogs, as provided in this act, in such county. The board of supervisors of any county in this state in which the collections of the fees hereinbefore prescribed shall not be sufficient to pay the necessary fees and damages caused by the dogs, as provided in this act, in such county, by resolution, may increase such fees to an amount deemed necessary by the board to bring in sufficient funds to pay the damages caused by the dogs, as provided in this act, in such county.