Microchip and registration: North Rhine-Westphalia
Is a microchip required, and is there a dog register? This is what the official source says for North Rhine-Westphalia, with the date checked.
sourcedchecked on 28 October 2026
Summary
Microchip required for some dogs
The rule
Dangerous dogs, dogs under § 10 and large dogs must be marked with a tamper-proof microchip (§ 4 Abs. 7, § 11 Abs. 2).
Open points
Requirement to report large dogs to the authority not evaluated.
Source
recht.nrw.de: Hundegesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (LHundG NRW), version of 27.09.2016
checked on 28 October 2026
Microchip and registration in the other federal states
- Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
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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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