Registration procedures and rabies vaccination

If you have a dog, you must protect your dog from rabies and at the same time, you must register your dog and inoculate rabies vaccination based on the Rabies Prevention Law.

dog's license tag

Owners of dogs older than 91 days must register for dogs under the Rabies Prevention Law. For dogs registered after April 1995, their registration is valid for a lifetime. Upon registration, you will be issued a "dog's license tag" and the owner is obliged to attach it to the dog.
Please register at the ward office Health and Welfare Center in Address Ward. 3000 yen is required as a registration fee.

rabies vaccination voted

Under the Rabies Prevention Act, owners must have their dogs receive rabies vaccination once a year.
As a general rule, rabies vaccination should submit a veterinarian's certificate issued by a veterinarian to the Health and Welfare Center ward office in Address Ward, and receive a rabies vaccination vote. A fee of 550 yen is required as a fee for rabies vaccination.
Like "dog's license tag", the owner is obliged to attach a "rabies vaccination vote" to the dog.

In accordance with laws and regulations, rabies vaccination is required to receive it once every year between April 1 and June 30.

It has been canceled to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Thank you very much for your understanding.
For more information, please visit the Yokohama City Animal Protection Center.
　

If the dog's location changes (if you move), you need to change it.
Please send it to the ward office Health and Welfare Center in Address ward.

• When the owner changes due to moving or transferring a dog

• When the dog dies

If your dog is missing, first look for your neighborhood, your usual walking place, and where your dog likes.
At the same time, please contact the following organization as soon as possible.

Residential Area and neighboring Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division

• South Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division Telephone: 045-341-1192
• Konan Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division Telephone: 045-847-8445
• Hodogaya, Health and Welfare Center, Health Sanitation Division Phone: 045-334-6363
• Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division Telephone: 045-224-8339
• Yokohama City Animal Protection Center Phone: 045-471-2111

police department
South police department Phone: ０４５－７４２－０１１０

Others

• It may be protected by citizens and veterinary hospitals, so let's look for everything.
• As required by law, please attach dog's license tag and injection vote in case of dog goes missing. If the dog is protected, dog's license tag and the injected vote, the owner can be identified from the number and can contact the owner.
• Surprisingly few people can tell the characteristics of their dog without looking at the dog. Keep photos and records in case of emergency.
• In the case of Yokohama City, if it is housed by the government, if the owner is not known will make a two-day public notice (public notice board of the ward office), and if the owner does not pick it up within one day after the end of the public notice period , Is subject to disposal (including transfer).
• If you are injured in Yokohama due to a traffic accident, you will be protected by the Animal Protection Center, but if you die on the street, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau will be in charge. Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau South Office Phone: ０４５－７４１－３０７７

• Yokohama City Animal Protection Center