With warmer weather finally here, pet dogs and cats will be anxious to be outdoors and for longer periods of time. That means your pet be up-to-date with its rabies vaccination and wear a Montgomery County Pet License tag. It is the County law that all pet dogs and cats four months of age or older must have both a valid rabies vaccination and a Montgomery County Pet License. That law applies even to dogs and cats whose owners try to keep them indoors, on their personal property or dogs and cats that live on a farm.
Licensing is the fastest way for Animal Services officers to reunite owners with lost pets and it ensures that pet’s rabies vaccination are current. For more information on obtaining a pet license go to
montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices and click on “Licensing.”
