Register a dog in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Canton of Neuchâtel

Registration, dog tax and the responsible office for La Chaux-de-Fonds at a glance.

Registration route, deadline and responsible office at a glance.

Registration route and deadline: With the municipality of residence; keep the microchip and owner details up to date in the national AMICUS database
Start of tax liability: 3 months
Tax period and payment: Annually; under cantonal law, generally half tax for dogs acquired after 30 June

Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds – Sécurité publique

Required documents and individual form steps are not confirmed here. Ask the responsible office about the exact process.

Annual costs

First dog

CHF 120

Each additional dog

CHF 120

Responsible office

Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds – Sécurité publique

Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 1
2301 La Chaux-de-Fonds

Tax liability from: 3 months
Registration: With the municipality of residence; keep the microchip and owner details up to date in the national AMICUS database
Tax period: Annually; under cantonal law, generally half tax for dogs acquired after 30 June

Additional source notes in the German original

Die Regelsteuer beträgt CHF 120; anerkannte Wachhunde abgelegener Häuser kosten CHF 60.
Die kommunale Jahressteuer enthält den kantonalen Anteil von CHF 30 und darf insgesamt CHF 120 nicht übersteigen.
Kantonales Hundesteuergesetz: https://rsn.ne.ch/DATA/program/books/rsne/htm/636.20.htm
ch.ch Behördenverzeichnis für den Kontaktabgleich: https://www.ch.ch/en/safety-and-justice/addresses-of-administrative-authorities/
Registrierte Hunde für Plausibilitätsprüfungen: https://tierstatistik.identitas.ch/data/dogs-map-commune.csv
Registrierung in AMICUS: https://www.amicus.ch/