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Dog tax Erfurt 2026
What a dog costs in Erfurt per year: current rates, reductions and a calculator for several dogs and listed dogs.
📜 From the official city source🔄 Checked on 22 Oct 2026🔒 No sign-up
Your dog tax
Dog tax in Erfurt at a glance
- First dog
- €108
- Second dog
- €132
- Each further dog
- €156
- First listed dog
- €564
- Further listed dogs
- €564
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 1 Aug 2010
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption for, among others, guide and assistance dogs (disability markers), rescue dogs, dogs temporarily housed in an animal shelter; 50 % reduction for the first dog with the Erfurter Sozialausweis (Erfurt social pass), for the first dog from Tierheim Erfurt (1 year) and for guard dogs on remote properties; does not apply to listed dogs (dangerous dogs)
- Notes
- Bylaw of 21 June 2010 (Amtsblatt (official gazette) 2 July 2010), entry into force on the 1st of the following month inferred. Listed dog (dangerous dog) €564 per dog (no separate rate for several). dog2/dog3plus per dog. Information pages on erfurt.de could not be retrieved; no more recent amendment found.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Landeshauptstadt Erfurt (HStSErf, dog tax bylaw of the City of Erfurt) of 21 June 2010 ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Erfurt?
In Erfurt the first dog costs €108 a year. The second dog costs €132, each further dog €156.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Erfurt?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Erfurt charges €564 a year.
Is there a reduction in Erfurt?
Exemption for, among others, guide and assistance dogs (disability markers), rescue dogs, dogs temporarily housed in an animal shelter;
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Landeshauptstadt Erfurt (HStSErf, dog tax bylaw of the City of Erfurt) of 21 June 2010 Open source ↗
- 📚All values checked on 22 Oct 2026. We check the list every year at the turn of the year. Anything not verified is marked as unknown.
