Liability insurance: Bremen
Is liability insurance for dogs required? This is what the official source says for Bremen, with the date checked.
sourcedchecked on 28 October 2026
Summary
Required for all dogs
The rule
Liability insurance must be taken out for every dog from the start of keeping, with at least 500,000 euros for personal injury and 250,000 euros for property damage (§ 6 Abs. 1 BremHundeG); service dogs of authorities and foreign armed forces are exempt. Dogs kept outside Bremen may only be led in Bremen with such insurance (§ 6 Abs. 2).
Open points
No consolidated version read; amendments after the Act of 24.03.2026 not checked.
Source
checked on 28 October 2026
Liability insurance in the other federal states
- Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
Dog rules Bremen: 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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