Caseysmom, I think the secretary is in charge of noting if an animal is or isn't licensed via the tags. I suppose if your animal doesn't have a tag, they'll ask for proof or just write your name down. When we first got Lucky, he didn't have a license and we received a notice from the county a few days afterward. I really don't think licensing has a lot of "teeth" over here =/ The police is sooo preoccupied with crime control, it really has no time to go door to door. I know a lot of people whose dogs aren't licensed because they see no purpose to it and nobody has ever asked them to. I think the importance of education was brought up earlier, and I have to agree. Education is probably the only solution that we can all agree on