Registering Your Dog: How & Why
Please register your dog. It doesn’t cost much ($13 for spayed or neutered dogs, $46 otherwise) and it’s easy: you can do it by mail.
Here’s what you need in order to register:
Application/Processing Requirements:
Please read and follow the instructions below carefully. A correctly completed application will expedite the issuance of your dog license.
- Please complete your application with current information.
- Proof of rabies and distemper vaccinations is required.
- Proof of sterilization (spaying or neutering) is required.
- Each dog over four months old must have his/her own license.
- Owners with five or more dogs over four months old must apply for a hobby license.
By Mail Please forward the required information and a check or money order made out to DC Treasurer to the address above.
Department of Health
Division of Animal Disease Prevention
51 N Street, NE
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 535-2323
(202) 535-2325
Why should you register? Well, we’re trying to convince the city to establish commonsense-based laws to allow law-abiding citizens who own dogs the opportunities already afforded to, say, law-abiding soccer players. So let’s abide by the law and make sure our dogs are registered.
Personally, I would pay double the current fees if the city would take the money and use it to establish and maintain dog parks.
