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Due Date

Payment for your license is due within 15 days of the expiration of your current license. If you are licensing for the first time, you must purchase a license within 15 days of obtaining a pet over the age of 4 months or within 15 days of moving into the City of Garden Grove.

A late fee is added to the license fee if your license is not purchased within 15 days after the expiration date. The late fee is $35.


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

Unaltered Dog

$100.00

Spayed/Neutered Dog

$27.00

Puppy Under 6 Months Old

$27.00

Senior Citizens Age 65 and Over with Altered Dog

$13.50

Voluntary Cat License

$6.00

Other Fees

Late Fee

$35.00

Replacement Tag

$3.00

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

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