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CAT AND DOG LICENSES
Cat and dog licenses are generally available between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM and are renewable every January. Fee: $5.00 - spayed or neutered $8.00 - non spayed or neutered In order to obtain a cat or dog license, you will need to provide a copy of a valid rabies certificate. REMINDER: The City has a free rabies clinic held at the beginning of the year and the dates are published in the newspaper. This clinic is usually held sometime in February or March.

MERCANTILE LICENSES
The charge for mercantile licenses varies according to the City ordinance. Completed applications for mercantile licenses need to be approved by the Zoning Officer. To verify the charge for a mercantile license please call the City Clerk's Office at (609) 927-9088 Ext. 122.

VITAL RECORDS
The application form for a Vital Record is a three-part form and only the Applicant's information and the section regarding the record you wish to obtain should be completed.

Please read the Application Instructions prior to downloading the application.

We are not set up to do certification copies at this time. These copies are issued without a signature and raised seal and are for information purposes only.

A certified copy has a signature and a raised seal.

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CERTIFICATE OF PARENTAGE / DENIAL OF PATERNITY
The following forms deal with Certificate of Parentage and Denial of Paternity. These forms enable the father of a child who has not signed the birth record at the hospital to add his name to the birth record and establish paternity. By establishing paternity in this way, there is no necessity to go to court.

If the mother is legally married, even if separated from her current spouse, a Denial of Paternity must be completed by herself and her legal spouse in order that a Certificate of Parentage may be completed by the mother and the biological father.

If you are completing these forms prior to coming to our office, please do NOT fill in the child's information at the top. We will type that in when you bring it to our office. Also, there can be no cross-outs, whiteouts or erasures. If so, you must complete the form over again.

If these forms are not completed at the hospital when the child is born, there is a $25.00 fee to the City of Somers Point for completing them after the birth at our office. This fee includes notary fee and the correction to add the father.

We prefer to do Certificate of Parentage and accompanying forms on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons between 2:00 PM and 4:30 PM . These forms must be notarized so you will have to produce photo identification with a signature.
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Domestic Partnership Brochure
Learn more about Domestic Partnership in New Jersey by downloading this brochure. DOWNLOAD NOW