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Due Date

Licenses expire annually on December 31st and must be renewed by January 31st each year. 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 Norfolk.


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 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


License Fees

Standard License Fees

1-Year

Unaltered Pet

$25.00

Spayed/Neutered Pet

$5.00

Senior citizens age 55 and over

1-Year

Spayed/Neutered Pet

$2.00

Other Fees

Replacement Tag

$1.00

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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