Microchip and registration: Bavaria
Is a microchip required, and is there a dog register? This is what the official source says for Bavaria, with the date checked.
sourcedchecked on 28 October 2026
Summary
No microchip obligation named in the source
The rule
Art. 18 and 37 LStVG contain no chip or register requirement.
Open points
Other regulations not checked.
Source
checked on 28 October 2026
Microchip and registration 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 topicsMicrochip and registration 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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