Pet registration

Your pet registration fee supports making our community pet-friendly for all residents and the thousands of cats and dogs that call Frankston City home.

Registering your pet is the best way to be quickly reunited with your furry friend if they escape or are found wandering outside of your property. Your pet registration also helps fund the many dog free-roam areas, dog water fountains and litter bins in parks, programs to support responsible pet ownership, and helps us to respond to animal-related issues such as dog attacks.

A portion of the fee also helps the state government to provide responsible pet ownership programs to schools and the community. All cats and dogs over the age of three months that reside within the Frankston municipality must be desexed, microchipped, and registered with Frankston City Council. Remember your pet must wear their green registration tag when outside of your property. If you have misplaced your pet’s registration tag, you can contact Council for a free replacement.

All dogs and cats over the age of 3 months must be microchipped, desexed and registered
Registration must be renewed every year by 10 April (you will receive a reminder provided the fee for the previous registration period was paid)
If you do not register your pet, you may be fined
With more than 2 dogs and/or 2 cats, you must also apply for an Excess Animal and Birds Permit
Registration fees are non-refundable and include a State Government levy

Apply for pension rate

If you hold a current Pensioner concession card or gold DVA concession card then you may be eligible for a concession rate on your pet registration (50% discount on most registration types).

Please include a copy of your concession card with your application. See the Fees tab to learn more about eligible cards.

Please note: you are not eligible if you hold a green Healthcare card.

Transfer of pet ownership

If you need to make changes the ownership details of an animal, please visit the Transfer of pet ownership page.

Pet replacement tags

Registration tags are replaced for free.
To receive a free replacement tag your pet must be currently registered with no outstanding payments.
It is an offence under the Domestic Animals Act 1994 for a pet to not wear its registration tag.
You can attend any of our Service Centres to receive a replacement tag in person or over the phone to request it be posted out to you. Please call 1300 322 322.

Online

Step 1.Prepare your pet for registration

Your pet must be microchipped and be either desexed or have a desexing exemption. If your pet requires these procedures, call your local vet or visit our microchipping and desexing page to learn more.

Step 2.Prepare your application

Your application must include:

your pet's microchip number
proof of desexing (desexing certificate) OR
a valid Desexing Exemption
a copy of your concession card if you are eligible for a pension rate. See 'Apply for pension rate' above.

Step 3.Submit your application

Please have a Visa or Mastercard credit/debit card ready to pay the non-refundable registration fee (Amex/Diners cards not accepted online).

Apply online

Step 4.What happens next?

We will mail your pet registration tag to the address provided in your application.

In person

Step 1.Prepare your pet for registration

Step 2.Prepare your application

You will need copies of the following to complete your application:

your pet's microchip number
proof of desexing (desexing certificate) OR
a valid Desexing Exemption
a copy of your concession card if you are eligible for a pension rate. See 'Apply for pension rate' above.

Step 3.Submit your application

Visit any of our Customer Service centres during opening hours, Monday to Friday. We will guide you through the registration process and help submit your application.

You can pay the relevant fee by cash, cheque, money order, EFTPOS or Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard or Amex) in person.

Step 4.What happens next?

We will mail your pet registration tag to the address provided in your application.

Fees

Please see the annual registration fees below

Registration Type

Annual fee (pro-rata rate may be applicable)

Annual fee for eligible pension card holder* (pro-rata rate may be applicable)

Desexed dog/cat (compulsory

$72.00

$36.00

Dog/Cat with temporary desexing exemption from a vet

$113.00

Dog/Cat with permanent desexing exemption from a vet

$72.00

$36.00

Working dog

$72.00

$36.00

Dog/Cat kept for breeding at a registered domestic animal business

$375.00

N/A

Dog that has undergone obedience training that complies with the regulations

$72.00

$36.00

Dog/Cat Association Membership (must present pedigree certificate & current animal association membership card)

$72.00

$36.00

Declared dogs

(dangerous/menacing/restricted)

$510.00

Registered foster carers

$10.50

Guide dogs and government service dogs

Free

Animals adopted from The Lost Dog’s Home (must show proof of purchase)

Free: (for the first two registration periods)

*Eligible pension card holders must provide a copy of their pension card. See below for a list of accepted pension cards.

Accepted Pension Cards

Pet owners who have one of the following Pension cards receive the discounted pension fee for registration (excluding Declared dogs):

Pensioner Concession Card – issued by Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card – War Widow (WW)
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card – Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (TPI)