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Dog tax Hamm 2026
What a dog costs in Hamm 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 Hamm at a glance
- First dog
- €90
- Second dog
- €124
- Each further dog
- €144
- First listed dog
- €696
- Further listed dogs
- €864
- Calculation
- The rate depends on the number of dogs and applies to every dog in the household.
- Valid since
- 2022
- Reductions and exemptions
- Exemption for guide, service and assistance dogs; dogs from Tierasyl Hamm (animal shelter) exempt for 12 months; 50 % for recipients of SGB II/XII (one dog only); not for listed dogs (dangerous dogs)
- Notes
- Tiered by number: with 2 dogs €124 per dog, with 3+ dogs €144 per dog (applies to all dogs). Listed dogs (dangerous dogs): one €696, with 2+ €864 each. Bylaw of 15 November 2000, last 6th amendment of 11 April 2022 (entry into force of the amendment not checked). BdSt NRW (taxpayers' association) 2026 confirms 90/696.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Hamm (dog tax bylaw of the City of Hamm), as amended by the 6th amendment 2022 ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Hamm?
In Hamm the first dog costs €90 a year. The second dog costs €124, each further dog €144. The rate by number of dogs applies to every dog in the household.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Hamm?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Hamm charges €696 a year. From the second one it is €864 per dog.
Is there a reduction in Hamm?
Exemption for guide, service and assistance dogs; dogs from Tierasyl Hamm (animal shelter) exempt for 12 months; 50 % for recipients of SGB II/XII (one dog only); not for listed dogs (dangerous dogs)
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Hamm (dog tax bylaw of the City of Hamm), as amended by the 6th amendment 2022 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.
