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Hamburg Law on Keeping and Leading Dogs - (Dog Law - Dog Act)
§ 13 Notification and Notification Obligations

If you no longer keep your dog in your municipality of residence, deregister him with the responsible authority.

You must deregister your dog if you no longer keep it in your municipality of residence.

• Identity card or passport with last registration confirmation
• Confirmation of registration in the dog register with transponder number
• In case of death of the dog, confirmation from the veterinarian
• When handing over the dog, name and address of the purchaser

You must deregister your dog with the relevant authority if

• Your dog has run away,
• Your dog has been put down or died,
• You have given away your dog or
• You move to another community.

Your dog is registered in Hamburg.

Inform the responsible authority that you no longer keep your dog in the municipality in which you registered him.
If necessary, provide the relevant evidence and documents with your notification to the responsible authority.
The responsible authority will examine your notification and your documents.
Your data will be forwarded to the tax office responsible for dog tax.
The responsible authority will record the deregistration of your dog in its dog register.

De-register your dog within 2 weeks after you no longer keep him in your municipality of residence.

You can also deregister your dog in writing if you include a copy of the required documents. Please use the dog registration/notification of changes form (see link below), or you can send a scan by email. Your details will be forwarded to the tax office responsible for dog tax.
The written deregistration of a dog should be made to the dog registry and the tax office in order to avoid temporal overlaps.

• Deregister dog
• if the dog is no longer kept in the municipality of residence because it
  • has escaped,
  • has died or been euthanized,
  • was submitted or
  • held in another municipality.

District Office Altona