License in Person

Payment for your license is due within 10 days of the expiration of your current license. If you are licensing for the first time, you must purchase a license within 30 days of obtaining a pet over the age of 4 months or within 30 days of moving into Alexandria.

You may license your pet in person at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria at 4101 Eisenhower Drive in Alexandria. Please bring your pet’s rabies vaccination certificate and spay/neuter certificate (if applicable) with you.

1. A current rabies vaccination certificate is required if the rabies vaccination on file has expired. Please check your certificate for correct address and pet information.
2. Proof of spay/neuter, such as a signed statement from a veterinarian or an invoice for services is required if the pet has been altered since the last licensing period and you are applying for the lower spayed/neutered license fee.
3. Proof of age is required to receive the discounted fees for senior citizens age 65 and over.

Your paperwork will not be returned to you, so please retain a copy of your documents for your records.

Standard Licensing Fees	1-Year		Multi-Year
Unaltered Dog	$30.00		$75.00
Spayed/Neutered Dog	$10.00		$25.00
Unaltered Cat	$10.00		$25.00
Spayed/Neutered Cat	$2.00		$5.00
Senior citizens age 65 or over
Unaltered Dog	$25.00		$60.00
Spayed/Neutered Dog	$5.00		$10.00
Unaltered Cat	$10.00		$25.00
Spayed/Neutered Cat	$2.00		$5.00
Other Fees
Replacement Tag	$1.00

Licenses expire at the end of the month in which the pet's rabies vaccination expires, so please verify that you have at least two or three years remaining on your pet's rabies certificate before applying for a multi-year license.

The cost for licensing unaltered or fertile pets is higher than that for licensing spayed or neutered pets in order to promote sterilization and to reduce pet overpopulation and starvation.