Liability insurance: Bavaria
Is liability insurance for dogs required? This is what the official source says for Bavaria, with the date checked.
sourcedchecked on 28 October 2026
Summary
Required for some dogs
The rule
The municipality can make the permit for a fighting dog conditional on proof of special liability insurance (Art. 37 Abs. 2 LStVG). Art. 18 and 37 LStVG contain no insurance requirement for all dogs.
Open points
Other regulations not checked.
Source
checked on 28 October 2026
Liability insurance in the other federal states
- Baden-Württemberg
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
Dog rules Bavaria: 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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