No person shall imitate or counterfeit such registration tags or rabies vaccination tags. It is unlawful for any person to remove any tag from any dog not owned by him or her or not lawfully in his or her possession or under his or her control or to place on any dog any such license tag not issued as provided for in this chapter for that particular dog for the then current year or to make or to have in his or her possession or to place on a dog any counterfeit or imitation of any license tag or vaccination tag provided for. (Prior code § 4118.0)