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Due Date

All licenses expire on December 31st regardless of the date of purchase. Payment for your license is due by February 28th.

By ordinance, a late fee is added to each license not purchased within 30 days of the expiration of the prior license.


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 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

Serving Lakewood and Steilacoom, Washington.

City of Lakewood (updated 12/15/2008)

Unaltered Dog/Cat

$55.00

Spayed/Neutered Dog

$20.00

Spayed/Neutered Cat

$12.00

Dog/Cat Under 6 Months

$4.00

Senior (65+) or Physically Disabled

Unaltered Dog/Cat

$30.00

Spayed/Neutered Dog

$10.00

Spayed/Neutered Cat

$4.00

Dog/Cat Under 6 Months

$4.00

Other Fees

Service Dog

no fee

Replacement Tag

no fee

Late Fee (after Feb 28 unless new pet)

$2.00


 Download City of Lakewood License
 Application (PDF format)

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Town of Steilacoom

Unaltered Dog/Cat

$65.00

Altered Dog

$18.00

Altered Cat

$10.00

Senior (65+) Fees

Unaltered Dog/Cat

$36.00

Altered Dog

$10.00

Altered Cat

$5.00

Other Fees

Service Dog

no fee

Replacement Tag

$3.00

Late Fee (30 days from lic. exp)

$10.00

Late Fee (60 days from lic. exp)

$20.00


 Download Town of Steilacoom License
 Application (PDF format)

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 and starvation.

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