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Dog tax Nuremberg 2026
What a dog costs in Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg at a glance
- First dog
- €132
- Second dog
- €132
- Each further dog
- €132
- First listed dog
- €1,056
- Further listed dogs
- €1,056
- Calculation
- The second dog costs the second rate, each further dog the third.
- Valid since
- 1 Jan 2015
- Reductions and exemptions
- Nürnberg-Pass: half rate (€66) for one dog per household; Hundeführerschein (dog owner's licence): one-off reduction of €50; dog from Tierheim Nürnberg: after 2 years of ownership the tax for the first 12 months is waived; exemption for guide, therapy and hunting dogs.
- Notes
- Flat rate of €132 per dog, no tiering (dog2 = dog3plus = dog1). Kampfhunde (listed dogs) (§ 5 (1) to (4) HStS) €1,056 per dog; presumed Kampfhunde with a negative certificate (§ 5 (5)) €264. Bylaw of 15 December 2014 in force 1 January 2015, last amended 18 December 2015; the city's current information page states the same rates.
- Source
- Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Nürnberg (HStS, dog tax bylaw of the City of Nuremberg); also nuernberg.de/internet/buergeraemter/dienstleistung/hundesteuer.html ↗
Official source, checked on 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
How much is the dog tax in Nuremberg?
In Nuremberg the first dog costs €132 a year. The second dog costs €132, each further dog €132.
How much is the tax for listed dogs in Nuremberg?
For a dangerous or listed dog, Nuremberg charges €1,056 a year.
Is there a reduction in Nuremberg?
Nürnberg-Pass: half rate (€66) for one dog per household; Hundeführerschein (dog owner's licence): one-off reduction of €50; dog from Tierheim Nürnberg: after 2 years of ownership the tax for the first 12 months is waived; exemption for guide, therapy and hunting dogs.
Sources and method
- 📚Hundesteuersatzung der Stadt Nürnberg (HStS, dog tax bylaw of the City of Nuremberg); also nuernberg.de/internet/buergeraemter/dienstleistung/hundesteuer.html 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.
