Proof of competence

Proof of competence: Thuringia

Is proof of competence required, and for whom? This is what the official source says for Thuringia, with the date checked.

sourcedchecked on 28 October 2026

Summary

Owners of dangerous dogs (requirement for the permit)

The rule

Anyone who wants to keep a dangerous dog needs a permit; one requirement is competence (§ 4 Abs. 1 Satz 2 Nr. 1 ThürTierGefG), proven by a passed competence test (§ 5). For dangerous dogs, the proof only applies to the dog with which the test was taken.

Open points

No consolidated version read (the state law portal cannot be retrieved as text); read: the 2011 Act and the 2018 amending Act in the Law and Ordinance Gazette. Later amendments not checked. New version of § 5 (2018) only read in extracts; a competence requirement for all dogs was not found in the regulations read, but not checked conclusively.

Source

Änderungsgesetz vom 12. Februar 2018 zum Thüringer Gesetz zum Schutz der Bevölkerung vor Tiergefahren (ThürTierGefG), GVBl. für den Freistaat Thüringen Nr. 1/2018, ab S. 1 (PDF of the parliamentary documentation of the Thuringian state parliament)

More sources

Thüringer Gesetz zum Schutz der Bevölkerung vor Tiergefahren vom 22. Juni 2011, GVBl. für den Freistaat Thüringen Nr. 6/2011, S. 93 (PDF of the parliamentary documentation of the Thuringian state parliament)

checked on 28 October 2026

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As of: 28 October 2026. The official text alone is authoritative. Source and date checked per row.

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