• The Dog License is a legal requirement for all dogs over 6 months of age.
  
• They are required to be current on their rabies vaccination. In most cases a rabies vaccination is given around 14 -16 weeks after birth
  
• Make sure you have obtain a valid certificate of vaccination which is a prerequisite document for the application of a dog licence
  
  

Apply In personEdit

Step 1: Apply for dog licence

• An application for a dog licence is made in person by visiting the County’s Veterinary Department where you will give an Application for Dog License or Transfer of License – Form 1 to fill and submit.
  
• After filling Application for Dog License or Transfer of License – Form 1 submit it to the Director of Veterinary services for endorsement.
  

Step 2: Premise inspection

• This Form 1 will be forwarded by the Director of Veterinary services to the City Ward Veterinary in charge of your residential area who are licensed to carry out inspection for dog licensing within the City.
  
• Once Form 1 has reached the Ward Vet, they will contact you to make an appointment for inspection.
  
• During the inspection they check your rabies vaccination books, your fencing, dog shelter, water and how you dispose of faeces. With a view to animal welfare and neighbourly behaviour.
  
• Once this is done the Inspecting officer will fill out Part II of Form 1 in duplicate. One copy will be left with you and the other will go back with the inspecting officer to the Vet Ward Office where it will be signed and forwarded to the County Council Dog Pound for processing.
  

Step 3: Issuance of dog licence

• Once the form has been processed, the County Council Dog Pound will contact you to give you payment details.
  

(i). Issuing of dog licence Ksh. 2,000

(ii). Issuing of an identification, tag licence Ksh. 1,000

(iii). Issuing of a duplicate dog licence Ksh. 1,000

(iv). Issuing of a duplicate identification tag licence Ksh. 500

Note: No licence fee shall be paying respect of an application for a licence for any dog kept by a disabled person or used for the purpose of guiding a disabled person.

• Once the payment is received (by the pound) you will be will issued the license.
  
  

Note: The Relevant department shall keep a register of all dog licences.

1. A valid certificate of vaccination issued by a veterinary surgeon to the effect that the dog in respect of which the licence is applied has been inoculated against rabies
   
2. Appropriate licence fee receipt.
   
3. Copy of national ID/ Passport.
   
   

DIRECTORATE OF VETERINARY SERVICES (DVS) - Head Office
Animal Breeding And Reproductive Services Section
Private Bag 00625, Kangemi, Nairobi
Tel: +254 202 718 870
Email: infodvs@kilimo.go.ke
DVS Office Location & Contact Details
DVS Website

Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Fisheries and Cooperatives - Head Office
Cathedral Road,Nairobi
P. O. Box 30028-00100 Kenya
E-mail: info@kilimo.go.ke
Telephone: +254-20-2718870
Hotline: 0800724891
Website: Website Contacts

• All dog Owners
  
• Any person whose premises a dog is found or whose premises a dog is known to frequent, unless that person can that the dog is not his, and was in his premises without consent.
  
• The dog in respect should have been inoculated against rabies
  
  

• Issuing of dog licence Ksh. 2,000
  
• Issuing of an identification, tag licence Ksh. 1,000
  
• Issuing of a duplicate dog licence Ksh. 1,000
  
• Issuing of a duplicate identification tag licence Ksh. 500
  
• No licence fee shall be paying respect of an application for a licence for any dog kept by a disabled person or used for the purpose of guiding a disabled person.
  
  

• The Validity Period is one year.
  
  

• APPLICATION FOR DOG LICENSE OR TRANSFER OF LICENSE
  
  

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time is two weeks
  
  

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• Have your dog vaccinated and receive a vaccination certificate
  
• Make Application for a dog licence with the County’s Veterinary Department
  
• Await premise inspection
  
• Pay application fees and get issued with dog license.
  
  

1. Name of the dog owner
   
2. The postal and physical address of applicant
   
3. Telephone number
   
4. Breed of dog.
   
5. Colour of dog, age and sex of dog.
   
6. Vaccination date of dogs aged six years and above.
   
   

• No person shall own or keep any dog within Nairobi City County (or any Major Counties) unless that person is in possession of a valid licence for the dog.
  
  

• All licenses are issued together with an identification tag to be displayed by the dog
  
• The dog is to wear at all reasonable times an identification tag collar on which shall be affixed-
  

(a) the licence label issued with such licence; and

(b) the name and address of the keeper inscribed on it or on a plate or identification tag attached to it.

• An identification tag shall not be attached to any other dog than the dog in respect of which the licence was issued.
  
  

• This document can be used by owners of dogs to join prestigious kennel clubs.
  
  

• Nairobi City County Dog Control and Welfare Act 2015
  
• East African Kennel Club
  
  

• A dog licence is required in some jurisdictions to be the keeper of a dog. Usually a dog-licence identifying number is issued to the owner, along with a dog tag bearing the identifier and a contact number for the registering organization.