Microchip and registration

Microchip and registration: Saxony-Anhalt

Is a microchip required, and is there a dog register? This is what the official source says for Saxony-Anhalt, with the date checked.

sourcedchecked on 29 October 2026

Summary

Microchip required for all dogs, with register

The rule

Every dog must be marked by a veterinarian with a transponder (electronically readable microchip) at the latest six months after birth (§ 2 Abs. 2); the requirement applies to dogs born since 1 March 2009 and to dangerous dogs (§ 20). These dogs are entered in a central register (§ 15).

Open points

The technical ordinance on the register (transponder standards) not read.

Source

Hundegesetz Sachsen-Anhalt (HundeG LSA) vom 23. Januar 2009 (GVBl. LSA S. 22), consolidated version, most recent available as of 29.10.2026 (last amendment taken into account: Act of 27 October 2015, GVBl. LSA S. 560), §§ 2, 15 and 20; Landesrecht Sachsen-Anhalt

More sources

Landesverwaltungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt: Hundegesetz Sachsen-Anhalt, consolidated version valid from 01.03.2016 (reprint)

checked on 29 October 2026

Microchip and registration in the other federal states

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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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