Liability insurance: Hesse
Is liability insurance for dogs required? This is what the official source says for Hesse, with the date checked.
sourcedchecked on 29 October 2026
Summary
Required for some dogs
The rule
Anyone who keeps a dog that requires a permit (a dangerous dog) must take out and maintain liability insurance of at least € 500,000 (§ 71a Abs. 2 HSOG); proof of it is a condition of the permit (§ 3 Abs. 1 Nr. 7 HundeVO). The HundeVO contains no such requirement for other dogs.
Open points
Requirement for other dogs outside the HundeVO not checked.
Source
More sources
- Gefahrenabwehrverordnung über das Halten und Führen von Hunden (HundeVO) vom 22. Januar 2003 (GVBl. I S. 54), version of 30 November 2022 (GVBl. S. 686), valid from 10.12.2022 to 31.12.2032, § 3 Abs. 1 Nr. 7; Bürgerservice Hessenrecht (consolidated version)
- Sechstes Gesetz zur Änderung des HSOG vom 26. November 2002 (GVBl. I S. 704), insertion of § 71a; Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt
checked on 29 October 2026
Liability insurance in the other federal states
- Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
Dog rules Hesse: all six topicsLiability insurance in all federal states
No guarantee
As of: 29 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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