City of Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services

Veterinary Rabies Tag Sales Duty

No fee is imposed on the veterinary clinic itself by this duty — it is a conduct requirement, not a permit the clinic buys. Every veterinarian doing business in Jacksonville must sell or offer a City rabies tag to Duval County (or part-time resident) clients at the time of a rabies vaccination, and must remit the sale record and funds to ACPS within 30 days; if the client declines, the clinic records the refusal rather than skip reporting it. A clinic may add its own optional administrative surcharge of up to $2 per tag if separately invoiced — that is not a government fee. The actual tag fee the pet owner pays ACPS sits in a separate fee table (Code of Ordinances chapter 462, part 18) this research did not reach, so no dollar figure for it is asserted here. Six or more repeat violations of the sales duty in a calendar year can lead to suspension, revocation or non-renewal of the clinic's own City Occupational License — so this is a real compliance exposure for the business, even though it carries no fee of its own.