Liability insurance: Baden-Württemberg
Is liability insurance for dogs required? This is what the official source says for Baden-Württemberg, with the date checked.
sourcedchecked on 28 October 2026
Summary
Required for some dogs
The rule
For the permit to keep a fighting dog, liability insurance must be proven. The Ministry of the Interior does not mention an insurance requirement for all other dogs.
Open points
The page does not state minimum amounts.
Source
checked on 28 October 2026
Liability insurance in the other federal states
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
Dog rules Baden-Württemberg: all six topicsLiability insurance in all federal states
No guarantee
As of: 28 October 2026. The official text alone is authoritative. Source and date checked per row.
Not legal advice. We summarise the rules in plain language. This is a guide and does not replace information from the competent authority.
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