City Dog Tags are required for every dog residing within the City limits. The city ordinance is listed below. If you have any questions regarding dog tags, please contact City Hall at 918-387-2405 or the Police Department at 918-387-2403.
A tax of Five Dollars ($5.00) per year for every dog, is hereby levied upon the owner of any such dog kept or harbored within the City of Yale. The tax shall not apply to a dog only temporarily brought or kept within the city, nor to a "seeing eye" dog or a "therapy dog" when such a dog is actually being used by a blind person in going from place to place, or by any person using such dog pursuant to directions from a physician, nor to dogs kept in kennels or pet shops for sale, nor to pets under six months of age. The owner shall pay such tax to the City Clerk for every calendar year before the first day of July thereof, or upon acquiring after said day any dog within the city upon which the tax has not been paid for the year in which acquired, or upon bringing after said day a dog into the city. Before the City Clerk accepts any money offered in payment of the tax for a dog, the person offering the tax shall present to the City Clerk the tag of a veterinarian showing that the dog has been immunized against rabies during the calendar year.
A tax of Five Dollars ($5.00) per year for every dog, is hereby levied upon the owner of any such dog kept or harbored within the City of Yale. The tax shall not apply to a dog only temporarily brought or kept within the city, nor to a "seeing eye" dog or a "therapy dog" when such a dog is actually being used by a blind person in going from place to place, or by any person using such dog pursuant to directions from a physician, nor to dogs kept in kennels or pet shops for sale, nor to pets under six months of age. The owner shall pay such tax to the City Clerk for every calendar year before the first day of July thereof, or upon acquiring after said day any dog within the city upon which the tax has not been paid for the year in which acquired, or upon bringing after said day a dog into the city. Before the City Clerk accepts any money offered in payment of the tax for a dog, the person offering the tax shall present to the City Clerk the tag of a veterinarian showing that the dog has been immunized against rabies during the calendar year.
There will be a Rabies Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, July 12th from 9am-11am. It will be held in the parking lot of the Yale High School. City dog tags will also be available to purchase for $5.00 each.
We’d like to extend a very happy but sad farewell to our utility director Tim Campbell! Last week we celebrated Tim and his 11 years of service to the City of Yale. We can’t thank Tim enough for his dedication, service and knowledge he brought to us, he will definitely be missed! We wish him good luck, good fortune and safe travels in all of his future endeavors!!
The City of Yale would like to wish everyone a very safe and happy 4th of July.
Just a reminder that the Chamber is hosting Yale's Red, White and Boom Celebration beginning at 5pm in the Jim Thorpe Park. This is a fun, family event leading up to the fireworks display at dusk.
Republic has notified us that they have had mechanical issues and residential service will not be completed today. Residential service will be completed tomorrow, July 4, 2025. Please leave polycarts at the curb this evening so they can be serviced tomorrow.
City Hall will have a planned outage tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1st from 9:30am-11:30am. During this time we will not be able to take credit or debit cards and our phones will be down. We do apologize for this inconvenience.
This Wednesday is the third and final public meeting for the Payne County Hazard Mitigation Plan (following the Mitigation Strategy Workshop.) The public meeting will be held June 25th at 6PM at the Cushing Fire Department 211 W. Main Cushing, OK 74023.
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In 1917, Jim Thorpe bought a small home in Yale, Oklahoma and lived there until 1923 with his wife. The house was bought by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1968 and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The house is maintained as a small museum to Thorpe and contains related memorabilia.
Be sure to check out the Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Public Notice in our news!
