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Due Date

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.


Instructions to License Online

Ready to purchase your license? If you would like to license online, a convenience fee of $2.00 will apply for each transaction. Any required documents, such as your pet's current rabies vaccination certificate, may be scanned and uploaded or submitted later by fax, mail or email. The license will be issued after all required documents are received.

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Accepted payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover


License Fees
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.

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