Online Dog Licensing Now Available
All license renewals must be completed by January 31, 2016
AUGUSTA, Maine–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Animal
Welfare Program would like to remind citizens that all dog licenses need
to be renewed by January 31, 2016. In order to streamline the licensing
process, the agency offers an online service to complete this
transaction. Online Dog Licensing (www.maine.gov/online/dog_license/)
was created in partnership with InforME, the state’s eGovernment service
provider, and currently has over 110 participating municipalities. The
service provides citizens in these municipalities with the opportunity
to purchase new licenses and file renewals.
The online service is available to the public each year between October
15 and January 31. During this time, an individual can request a new
license for their dog or renew an existing license with their
municipality. In order to complete the licensing process, customers will
need to supply veterinarian and vaccination information. If a customer
is renewing an existing license, they will also need to enter their
dog’s current tag number.
Funds received through the dog licensing program are used to support
numerous good causes throughout Maine, such as:
-
Investigation of animal cruelty complaints and enforcement of animal
welfare laws - Compliance with rabies vaccination of dogs
- Care for sick and injured stray animals
- Return of lost dogs to their owners
Online Dog Licensing is just one of the many local government services
now available through Maine.gov. For more information about this
service, contact the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and
Forestry at 207-287-3846 or by email at animal.welfare@maine.gov.
About Maine.gov
Maine.gov (http://www.Maine.gov)
is the official Web portal of the state of Maine. Maine.gov is a service
of InforME, a collaborative effort between the state of Maine and Maine
Information Network, LLC, part of the NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of
companies.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation’s leading provider of
official government websites, online services, and secure payment
processing solutions. The Company’s innovative eGovernment services help
make government more accessible to everyone through technology. The
family of NIC companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than
3,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Forbes
has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small Companies in America” six
times, most recently ranked at No. 36 (2014), and the Company has been
included four times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is
available at http://www.egov.com.
Contacts
Maine Animal Welfare Program
Liam Hughes, 207-287-3846
Director
or
InforME/Maine.gov
Dan
Andrews, 207-621-2600
General Manager
Dandrews@informe.org
