Where do I purchase a City pet license? City pet licenses can be purchased at the Animal Care & Control facility located at 134 Athenian Dr. For your convenience, you may purchase your pets City license by mail (see below).
| Mailing Address: Animal Care & Control 2150 Universal City Blvd. Universal City, Texas 78148 | Physical Address: Animal Care & Control 134 Athenian Dr. Universal City, Texas 78148 |
| Spayed/Neutered Pets | Unaltered Pets |
| $5.00 – 1 year | $8.00 – 1 year |
| $15.00 – 3 year | $24.00 – 3 year |
Fort Worth city pet registration laws require all dogs, cats and ferrets that are not microchipped to have a pet license. A microchip can now replace registration, but the microchip’s information must be up-to-date. If you think your pet’s microchipped but don’t know if it’s been registered or updated, we can scan your pet for the microchip number. You can use that number to look up your pet’s information and see if it’s correct.
Step How to get a pet license
Licenses are available at the Animal Care & Control Center.
To obtain a license by mail, send a copy of your pet’s current rabies vaccination certificate and a check for the license fee to:
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control 4900 Martin St. Fort Worth, TX 76119
If your pet has lost its license, you can purchase a replacement tag for $5 with a copy of your original license receipt. Renewals are counted from your old license’s expiration date.
As of June 26, 2018, registered microchips are required in Fort Worth for all dogs and cats. Microchipping your pet is the best way to make sure he or she gets home when lost.
Identification microchips are about the size of a grain of rice and are implanted under your pet’s skin at the shoulder, and it can’t be easily lost or removed like a collar tag. All microchips are listed in a database, making it easy for animal control to reunite pets and owners.
Microchips are available through TCAP, from Fort Worth Animal Care & Control and veterinary clinics. Owners who have their pets microchipped do not need a pet license for their dog or cat.
A license is your pet’s “ticket home” should he or she become lost.
Fewer than 3 percent of animals brought in to Animal Care and Control have identification. When a lost animal is found with current identification, Animal Control officers can quickly notify its owners that it is safely at the shelter.
License fees also pay for many vital services performed at the Animal Care & Control Center.
All dogs and cats in the city that are not microchipped must have a current license, renewed every three or five years. A lifetime-of-pet license is also available. If you live outside the city limits of Fort Worth, contact your city or local animal control office to learn more about licensing fees and procedures for your pet.
The City of Fort Worth requires that all animals be microchipped with current contact information on file with a national chip registration company. A license is not required for microchipped animals. Licenses are required only for non-microchipped animals. We strongly recommend a microchip since this is a permanent form of identification.