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Due Date

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


Instructions to License Online

Ready to purchase your license? If you would like to license online, a convenience fee of $1.95 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 License Fees

1 Year

Unaltered Cat or Dog $30.00
Spayed/Neutered Cat or Dog $10.00

Senior Citizens Age 65 or Over

1 Year

Unaltered Cat or Dog $15.00
Altered Cat or Dog $5.00

Lifetime License

Altered and Microchipped Pet $100.00

Other Fees

Replacement Tag $1.00

Vaccination against Rabies must be current as of the date of licensing. All licenses are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Baltimore City offers a reduced licensing fee solely to pet owners that have joined the initiative in fighting Baltimore City's pet overpopulation issue by spaying and neutering their personal pets.

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