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Boonville Tattoo establishment permits ordinance (§ 10-221)

Chapter 10: Licenses and Taxation · Article IX. Tattoo Establishments

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo another person except at a tattoo establishment which has a current tattoo establishment permit issued by the health inspector.

(b) Any person desiring a tattoo establishment permit shall make written application for a permit on forms provided by the health inspector. The application shall include the applicant's full name, address, telephone number, location of the proposed tattoo establishment and such other information as the health inspector requires to enforce the provisions of this article.

(c) After receipt of an application for a tattoo establishment permit, the health inspector shall inspect the proposed tattoo establishment to determine compliance with the provisions of this article. If the requirements of this article have been met, the health inspector shall issue a tattoo establishment permit.

(d) An annual inspection fee as provided in the city fee schedule shall be collected by the business license administrator at the time the permit is issued.

(e) A permit for a tattoo establishment may be granted at any time during the year, but all such permits shall expire on the 31st day of the next succeeding December. Tattoo establishment permits shall not be transferable.

(f) The tattoo establishment permit and all regulations of the health inspector shall be posted at all times in a conspicuous place in the tattoo establishment.

Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 10-221

Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.

Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.