The information below covers fees and charges related to dogs and stock control carried out by our Animal Education and Control Team in Hamilton city.
See animal education and control for more information about dog registration, microchipping and safety; dog ownership obligations ; dog exercise areas; caring for your dog; barking dogs; dangerous and menacing dogs; caring for your dog; adopting a dog; lost and found dogs; wandering stock; and hiring feral cat or possum traps.
You can also access the Dogs Online system through our general 'Online Services ' feature instead, if you also plan to use Online Services to make other types of online payments to Council as well (such as rates, accounts receivable, LIMs, etc).
View a list of fees and charges for all Council services.
Fees and charges | |
| Dog registration fees up to 31 August | | $ |
| Category one | | 80 |
| Category two | | 150 |
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| Dog registration fees after 31 August | | |
| Category one | | 95 |
| Category two | | 165 |
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| 50% penalty - applies to registrations after 1 October | | |
| Category one | | 142 |
| Category two | | 247 |
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| Miscellaneous fees (dogs) | | |
| First impoundment | | 84 |
| Second impoundment | | 153 |
| Third impoundment | | 245 |
| Sustenance | per day | 19 |
| Collars | actual cost | |
| Tag replacement | | 5 |
| Dog signover | | 65 |
| Puppy parvo vaccination | actual cost | |
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| Dog adoption | | 225 |
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| Seizure | per seizure per dog | 90 |
| Second seizure | per dog | 165 |
| Third seizure | per dog | 260 |
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| Dog micro-chipping | | 25 |
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| De-sexing | | |
| Males | actual cost | |
| Females | actual cost | |
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| Cat trap hireage - for trapping feral cats or possums | per week | 15 |
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| Inspection fee for keeping more than two dogs | | |
| First application fee | | 85 |
| Annual renewal fee | | 40 |
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| Stock impounding related fees | | |
| Cattle | | 48 |
| Pig | | 33 |
| Weaners | | 14 |
| Horse, mule and deer | | 48 |
| Sheep, goats | | 14 |
| Sustenance | per stock/day | 15 |
| Stock driving and rangers charge stock | per hour | 80 |