In Hillsborough County, all cats, dogs, and ferrets four months of age and older must have a current rabies registration tag. The penalty for not registering your pet or providing false information can result in fines of up to $500.00.
Tags save lives! An animal registration tag enables Animal Services to return your missing cat or dog to you as soon as possible. It also tells strangers your lost pet is not a stray and needs to be returned to its family. It can provide your lost pet a free telephone call home. Just enter the pet registration tag number or microchip number online at www.hillsboroughcounty.org/animalservices/pldata/ and retrieve the first name and phone number of the lost pet's owner.
Dogs must wear their registration tags whenever they are outdoors. Cats must wear their registration tags when outdoors if they have no form of permanent identification (a microchip or tattoo) linked to its registration tag number. (Any cat allowed outdoors while not under direct control must be sterilized.) The numbers/letters from the microchip or tattoo that uniquely identify the cat must be provided to Animal Services at the time of registration.
The cost of a one-year registration:
| Registration Type |
Current Fee |
| Rabies Registration (Sterilized) |
$20.00 |
| Senior Citizen (+62 Years) Rabies Registration (Sterilized) |
$5.00 |
| Rabies Registration (Intact) |
$40.00 |
| Senior Citizen (+62 Years) Rabies Registration (Intact) |
$25.00 |
| Rabies Registration Fee (Ferret) |
$5.00 |
| Replacement Rabies Tag |
$5.00 |
| Registration Transfer (to new owner) |
Free |
Remember, your pet registration fees allow us to:
- Document and track rabies vaccinations for public safety.
- Hold pet owners equally accountable.
- Continue to provide animal cruelty and abuse investigations.
- Return lost cats and dogs to their owners.
- Feed and shelter cats and dogs in a veterinarian inspected facility.
- Provide basic emergency medical care for injured pets.
- Continue to operate our successful adoption program (up 116% in last 5 years).
- Continue a successful trend of decreasing euthanasia (down 23% in the last 5 years).
- Educate cat and dog owners about responsible pet ownership and dog-bite prevention for kids.
- Help neighbors resolve their animal-related problems.
- Provides funding for a low-cost spay and neuter program for qualifying residents.
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