How Much To Register Dog

Dog registration

It is a requirement nether the Animal Management (Cats & Dogs) Act 2008that all dogs over iii months erstwhile are registered with Brisbane Metropolis Council if they live within the Brisbane local government area. Dogs over the historic period of three months must be registered or have their registration transferred within 14 days after you start to keep the canis familiaris.

If you change accost, you must also update your details with Council within 14 days.

Dog registrations are valid for 12 months from engagement of registration or renewal.

It is also a legal requirement for dogs to be microchipped.

Dog registration benefits

We are often asked about the benefits of dog registration when microchipping will besides assist a lost pet find its manner abode. Yes, microchipping will assist in a reunification service, still, there are many things that it cannot provide that registration does. Your dog's registration fees assist in providing key services and facilities that keep y'all and your dog safe when out and about in the community. These include:

a 24-hour lost and plant service
a 'proof of ownership' identification organisation
staff to attend the investigation and resolution of complaints nigh domestic dog attacks, barking dogs, patrols of parks, beaches and streets and wandering animal collection and reunification
sponsorship of key programs and events that achieve responsible pet buying outcomes
pet fair events featuring a range of activities, including discounted treatments and microchipping.

Quango besides provides over 150 canis familiaris off-leash parks across Brisbane where dogs tin run, exercise and socialise leash-free with other dogs and dog park visitors.

New Registration applications

Dog registration applications tin can be lodged with the advisable registration fee by:

completing the dog registration online service
visiting an animal rehoming middle
visiting a Quango Client Service Middle
completing and mailing a difficult copy of the dog registration application form with a bank check or coin order to:
Brisbane City Council
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane QLD 4001.

Dog registration renewal and overdue renewals

Canis familiaris registrations are valid for 12 months and must be renewed each year. You tin can update the details and renew your dog registration online or use other payment options listed on your registration renewal. Brisbane Metropolis Council residents with an existing domestic dog registration tin also:

update desexing details
cancel a registration
club a replacement registration tag
request a refund of registration
change registration details.

Overdue dog registration renewals tin exist paid by BPAY or telephone pay.

The registration will be valid from the original renewal date regardless of when you pay the account.

When paying a dog registration renewal, you must quote the reference number listed on your current renewal find. Using a reference number from a previous year will non renew the registration.

Dog registration concessions

Y'all may be eligible to receive a concession on your domestic dog registration if yous meet one or more than of the following criteria:

you hold a current Centrelink Pensioner concession carte du jour
you concur a Veterans' Diplomacy Repatriation Health card - for all conditions (Golden Bill of fare)
you are a current member of either Dogs Queensland or the Greyhound Racing Authority.

Concessions also apply, if your dog meets whatever of the following criteria:

Guide dogs and other assistance dogs

Guide, hearing, mobility support and psychiatric aid dogs are eligible for complimentary registration with Council. You must still submit an creature registration form and provide a copy of the appropriate handlers' identification card.

Regime entity dog

The Creature Management (Cats & Dogs) Deed 2008 exempts a government entity domestic dog (e.chiliad. a police or community dog) from registration and microchipping. Council does not crave an fauna registration form for these dogs.

Y'all purchased your dog from an approved facility

Dogs adopted from ane of the post-obit approved facilities are eligible for discounted registration fees for the lifetime of the dog:

Quango'southward brute rehoming heart
the RSPCA
canonical pet shops that sell desexed adopted dogs

The approved facility must:

Postage or write their proper name identifying their details on the registration form.
Forrard a re-create of the completed domestic dog registration awarding grade to Quango.
Ensure the dog is desexed, microchipped and vaccinated prior to being sold.

Approved facilities participating in this program may request that Council provides them with application forms and reply-paid envelopes.

Your dog is desexed

If your dog is desexed, you will need to specify this on the animal registration awarding to receive the concessional rate. You lot as well need to specify details of the vet who undertook the procedure and the date the procedure took place.

If your canis familiaris is too young to be desexed at the time of registration, the desexed rate will be charged. When your next registration is due, the full fee volition be charged unless the to a higher place details are provided to Council identifying the domestic dog has been desexed.

Update desexing details

To update the desexing details of your domestic dog, you lot can:

Update your pet's details online
Phone Council on 07 3403 8888. You may require the vet's details and date of procedure
Submit a signed alphabetic character or canis familiaris registration application form to update the registration details:

By visiting Council
at an fauna rehoming centre
by mail to:
Brisbane City Council
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane Qld 4001.

The class or letter should include the vet'due south proper name and the date of desexing.

If you visit a Regional Business Middle, Quango volition create a new renewal notice at the time. Payment will be required immediately. You must look to receive your new renewal discover to make payment if you submit a alphabetic character or class at an beast rehoming centre or phone Quango.

Updating your details

To update your dog's registration details you lot can:

contact Council
update your details online.

If y'all are irresolute address, you lot must too suggest your microchip registry. Council does non update details of your dog'due south microchip.

Registration tags

One time registered, Council will send you a nylon identification tag for your pet to wear constantly. For current registrations, Council replaces lost, damaged, illegible, faded or faulty nylon registration tags, free of charge.

If yous accept received the renewal notice, yous must pay the renewal fee before requesting a replacement tag.

To asking a replacement nylon tag for your dog, complete a replacement tag application form online. Alternatively, yous tin can apply by completing the hard copy form.

Council will post a replacement nylon tag within 10 working days.

Personalised dog registration tags

Council offers a selection between the standard nylon tag for dog registrations or an optional metal tag for an additional pocket-sized fee.

The metal tags are made from quality aluminium, come in three stylish colours (Black, Blue and Pinkish) and have the option of diamante or plain with engraving on both sides of the tag.

Y'all can society a metal registration tag by completing the online awarding.

Due to processing and postage stamp times, metal tags can take up to a calendar month to arrive from the date of ordering, with longer delays experienced at times when stamp is congested.

Council is currently experiencing supply issues with the crystal designer registration tags. Please be aware that there may be delays of up to 2 months while more stock arrives and the backlog is processed. Apologies for any inconvenience this may crusade.

Personalised dog registration tag options

Use this slideshow to view bachelor tags.

Personalised dog registration tags

The large designer and crystal tags measures 3.7 x two.5cm, while the small designer tags measure 3 x 2.1cm.

Sell or requite away your dog

The Queensland Government requires any person who sells, advertises or gives abroad a domestic dog to be registered and have a supply number.

If you lot are selling or giving away your domestic dog to a new owner within the Brisbane City Council expanse, you must transfer the existing registration, providing details of the dog and the new owner's name and address. Y'all tin:

transfer the registration online
transfer the registration by phoning Council on 07 3403 8888
transfer the registration by visiting Council.

Fees for registration of dogs

Find the applicable domestic dog registration fee. Different fees apply for unsafe or menacing dogs . Concessions may also apply if you belong to a listed association.

Registration type	Full fee	Pensioner fees
Non-desexed canis familiaris	$113.20	Pensioner owners receive a 50% reduction on the non-pensioner fee
Desexed dog	$39.50	Pensioner owners receive a 50% reduction on the not-pensioner fee
Desexed dog adopted through an approved facility	$26.35	Pensioner owners receive a l% reduction on the not-pensioner fee
Registration – desexed canis familiaris subsequent years	$52.65	Pensioner owners receive a 50% reduction on the non-pensioner fee
Registration – not-desexed dog subsequent years	$151	Pensioner owners receive a 50% reduction on the not-pensioner fee
Guide, hearing, mobility, support and psychiatric aid dogs	No fee	No fee
Regime entity dog (e.grand. law or customs domestic dog)	No fee	No fee
Personalised designer (manifestly) domestic dog tag - small	$20.75	$20.75
Personalised designer (plain) canis familiaris tag - big	$20.75	$xx.75
Personalised diamante (crystal) dog tag	$31.10	$31.10

Failure to register your dog (from three months of historic period) annually may result in a $275 fine.

Association concessions

The following concessions apply to your dog registration if you are a electric current member of one of the associations listed in the table below. All association concession fees are at the desexed rate, regardless of whether the domestic dog is desexed or not-desexed. These concession rates do not utilise to declared dangerous or menacing dogs.

Criteria	Get-go year	Subsequent year	Pensioner fees
Dogs Queensland	$39.l	$52.65	Pensioner owners receive a 50% reduction on the non-pensioner fee
Greyhound Racing Authority (for Greyhounds only)	$39.50	$52.65	Pensioner owners receive a 50% reduction on the non-pensioner fee

Fees for dangerous or menacing dogs

Registration type	Total fee	Reduced fee*
Dangerous dog	$592.65	$196.fourscore
Not-desexed menacing dog	$592.65	$196.eighty
Desexed menacing dog	$592.65	$124.75
Regulated unsafe dog distinctive collar replacement	$37.85	-
Regulated menacing dog distinctive collar replacement	$37.85	-
Declared unsafe or menacing domestic dog replacement sign	$16.lx	-

*Granted in subsequent years upon successful performance review and standing compliance with the weather condition set.

Registration transfers

Pet owners moving to Brisbane can transfer their remaining registration to Quango by lodging a canis familiaris registration application form. You tin submit your transfer from some other Quango, only via mail or at a Regional Business Centre. You must provide:

the current registration
alleged dangerous or menacing domestic dog data (if applicable).

Cancel your registration

If you lot no longer have your dog, every bit you have rehomed them or they have passed away, or you take moved to an area outside of Brisbane Metropolis Quango, y'all tin can:

cancel your registration online
contact Council to cancel the registration.

Registration refunds

A refund of 50% of the registration fee volition utilise if your dog passes away within the first 6 months of registering. Council must receive the refund application within 12 months of the registration renewal date.

To utilize for a refund yous should consummate an:

Animal registration refund asking online application.

Alternatively yous can download, consummate and postal service the hard copy form Fauna refund registration application (PDF - 57kb) to:

Brisbane City Quango
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane Qld 4001.

If Quango receives a registration payment for a property outside of the Brisbane area, a 100% refund is applicative. If you believe this has been the instance, you tin can brand your request in writing, enclose any relevant proof and mail service it to Council at the address above.