Animal Control

Licensing Dogs

By law, all dogs must be licensed with the Mendon Town Clerk’s Office each year by April 1st. Rabies certificates and proof of spayed/neutering are required to license your pet. Please see below for fee schedule for dogs. 

Licenses for 2025 will be open beginning January 2, 2025 and will be due by April 1, 2025.

In the 2024 session, the Vermont Legislature increased the fee to be collected for the State of Vermont Rabies Control Program from $1 to $3 effective January 1, 2025. See Act 167 (2024). 

This raises the total that clerks must collect to $11 for neutered or spayed dogs and $15 for unneutered ones registered by April 1, of which $7 must be remitted to the state. The law also expanded the use to which the money collected may be spent to include the administration of the State’s animal welfare laws. 

Mendon Fees:
Spayed/Neutered $13.00
Not Spayed/Neutered $17.00

After April 1st

Spayed/Neutered $16.00
Not Spayed/Neutered $20.00

Licensing new dogs

Please fill out the form below and email it to [email protected] along with a copy of the rabies certificate.  You can pay the fee online here or mail check to 2282 US Route 4 Mendon, VT 05701.  You can also come to office to register your dog in person.  

Dog License Application

If we do not receive the information, we cannot complete the license process, and your license will be delayed:

Renewing your dog’s license 

If you are unsure about whether your dog’s rabies certificate is still current, call the office at (802)775-1662, and we’ll look it up for you.  If you have a new rabies certificate, scan and email it to us at [email protected].

Licenses and tags will be mailed to you upon receipt of the correct fee, and confirmation of all required paperwork and information.  You can pay the fee online here or mail check to 2282 US Route 4 Mendon, VT 05701.  You can also come to office to register your dog in person.