N.Y. LSA Law § 8-A

§ 8-a. (1) No person holding a permit issued pursuant to section\n161.09 of the New York city health code or a license issued pursuant to\narticle 26-A of the agriculture and markets law shall sell or transfer\nownership of a dog in such city without first requiring the purchaser or\nother new owner to submit an application for a dog license and to pay\nall required fees, unless such purchaser or other new owner shall\nexecute and submit to such seller or transferor a written statement that\nthe dog to be purchased or transferred is to be harbored outside such\ncity. Such applications and written statements shall be on forms\nfurnished by the department of health and mental hygiene of such city\nand shall, within ten days after execution by a purchaser or other new\nowner, be forwarded by the seller or transferor to such department.\n (2) Any seller or transferor processing an application pursuant to\nsubdivision one or three of this section shall, on or before the tenth\nday of the month next succeeding the month in which collected, remit to\nsuch department the amount of fees collected less ten percent of the\nbase fees set pursuant to subdivision three of section two of this act\nfor each application processed.\n (3) The commissioner of health and mental hygiene of such city may\ndesignate any other person or entity, including but not limited to a\nperson or entity who provides care, treatment, services, or merchandise\nfor animals, to process applications for dog licenses, collect fees, and\nremit the amount of fees collected less ten percent of such base fee in\naccordance with this section and otherwise consistent with the\nprovisions of this act.\n