License Online

Payment for your license is due within 30 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 Nevada County.

A late fee of $12 is added to the license fee if your license is not purchased by the due date.

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 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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If you prefer to pay by another method, click here to view your other payment options.

Licensing Fees	1 Year	2 Years	3 Years
Unaltered Dog	$40.00	$75.00	$107.00
Spayed/Neutered Dog	$17.00	$31.00	$40.00
Special Fees (available in person only)
Service Dog	$0.00
Police Dog	$0.00
Nevada County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Dog	$0.00
Other Fees
Late Fee	$12.00
Tag Fee for all New or Replacement Tags	$7.00

Licenses cannot be valid longer than the expiration of your pet's rabies vaccination, so please verify that you have at least two or three years remaining on your pet's rabies certificate before applying for a two or three-year license.

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.