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I have just found out that if you have a dog that is chipped then you need to pay a tax for it. I was talking to a Spanish girl earlier today and she told me its around €20 per year and has to be paid at the same building that we pay the rates (Spanish equivalent, dont know the word lol).

Are there any other stupid money grabbing taxes that we need to be aware of? :curse:

sarahchirles

Surely that is BOLLOX! and not the dog's obviously :curse:

Never heard of that.

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Thats what I have just been told

rugbymatt

Cant say I have ever heard that, but some areas may have separate local laws.


I know that all dogs have to be registered, which is usually around 30 euros so maybe this is being confused as an annual fee.

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She said it is only dogs that have been chipped for some reason

I will have to look into it a bit more, but I tell you one thing.......I am not paying it, the robbing gits!!

rugbymatt

Well strictly speaking I think you have to have all dogs chipped in dogs, or at least pets.

Therefore if you have a chipped dog it will have to be registered.

You can get fined for not doing so.

That said, do you really think those mangy muts that chase cars are at all registered or chipped?

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I cant imagine a single dog in Spain is registered

brisca

We certainly weren't told anything about this tax for chipped dogs when we registered our dog at the Vet.

We have a little card from the Junta that says she is registered, but that's it - no demand for payment.
Maybe it IS a regional thing??

As you both say, it would be a miracle if there were many registered dogs in Spain at all, let alone anyone paying extra because they've done the sensible thing and had their dog chipped!

I'm sure the poor skinny "hunting" dog that appeared in our village a couple of days ago, isn't registered :curse:
Have tried to give it food, but it just shakes and scarpers

Casa Santo Estevo

We have heard, from our vet, that you have to register dogs classed as dangerous and that they have to be chipped.

jdr

Get your money out again.... HERE

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It doesnt say anything about paying a yearly tax for them, or did I miss that bit.

jdr

It just says they have to be registered at the townhall, nothing about payments. ;-))

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I would like to know how many of the local dogs round here are registered with the town hall

brisca

That was very interesting reading jdr, but I still can't believe that the majority of dogs in Spain are even identifiable, let alone registered!

I particularly liked this bit:

"There is no law against dogs fouling public places, however people are becoming increasingly sensitive about it and there are specific rules within certain places, such as urban parks.

Dogs should be kept on a lead in public places."

Judging by the amount of dogs that are left to roam around the streets of our village all day, I can vouch for the fact that no-one is upholding that part of the law

Also, I am the ONLY person in our village who picks up their dog's poo!! I've even been told to leave it on a grass verge before "Oh, it doesn't matter; it's in the campo!"


I bet the majority of dogs in Spain aren't tattooed or chipped either.
What a shame they don't make that absolutely compulsory for anyone who wants to keep a hunting dog
Then they'd be able to trace the rotten swines who just abandon their dogs when they no longer serve a purpose


So, in answer to Same Difference, unless his/her dog is a "potentially dangerous" dog (as outlined) there is no need to register the dog, let alone pay a fee??
It just says that all dogs have to be identified - but we already know that's a complete mockery!

Only yesterday, I was talking to someone in the village who has two gorgeous American Staffies. One is a recent arrival, so I wonder whether they are aware that generally speaking only one "dangerous" dog can be registered to an owner??

Strikes me that this is a law that's very open to interpretation..................and is shamelessly flouted in a lot of places!