Permanent identification of dogs and cats required.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 531-202
in effectSec. 531-202. - Permanent identification of dogs and cats required.
(a) A person who owns a dog or cat in the consolidated city and county shall ensure that each dog or cat owned by that person bears a permanent means of identification at all times, such that the animal's owner can be ascertained accurately, quickly, and easily.
(b) The identification required by this section shall be in addition to any tags required to be worn by dogs or cats by state law or other provision of this Code, and shall be by means of a microchip implanted in the dog or cat or animal that bears a registered identification number, and that can be read by a standard microchip scanner.
(c) Each veterinarian or other person in the consolidated city and county who implants microchips as contemplated in this section shall make available upon request to the animal care services division the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the owners of the dogs and cats, and the corresponding microchip identification numbers. Such records shall be available to the animal care services agency without court order.
(d) It shall be unlawful for a person to own a dog or cat three (3) months of age or older that is kept in the city, and that does not bear a permanent means of identification as provided in this section. A violation of this section shall be subject to an admission of violation and payment of the designated civil penalty through the ordinance violations bureau in accordance with chapter 103 of this Code.
(G.O. 30, 1998, § 1; G.O. 169, 1999, § 3; G.O. 94, 2006, § 2; G.O. 86, 2008, § 3; G.O. 17, 2016, § 1; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2; G.O. 26, 2024, § 2; G.O. 37, 2024, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH531AN_ARTIIDOCA_S531-202PEIDDOCAREFetched: 10/27/2026