Register your pet

Pet registration checklist

Please consider the following before registering your pet for the first time in Casey:

• If your pet is registered in another council, you can transfer the registration free of charge.
• If your pet is already registered in Casey, you must use the renew pet registration form.
• If you have more than two cats and two dogs, you will a permit for the extra animals
• Cats and dogs must be microchipped before being registered. You must supply evidence.
• Cats must be desexed before being registered. You must supply evidence.
• Your dog is not a Dangerous, menacing and restricted dog breed.
• The registered owner must be 18 years or older.

Pet registration fees

The annual registration period runs between 10 April and 9 April the following year. Half-price fees apply if you register the animal in the second half of the year, from 10 October to 31 December.

Changes to Cat Registration Fees from 1 July

The City of Casey is introducing new cat registration categories and fees from 1 July.
These changes support responsible pet ownership and align registration fees with desexing status and eligibility criteria.

Important Information

• Reduced fee registrations apply to eligible cats that meet Council's requirements.
• Cats that are not desexed must have a valid veterinary medical exemption to qualify for registration.
• Desexed kittens under six months of age can be registered free of charge.
• You cannot complete registrations for kittens aged six months and under online; they must be processed at a Customer Service Centre.

All fees include the Victorian Government levy ($9).

Reduced fee criteria

To be eligible for discounted pet registration fees, you must meet at least one of the following criteria. You must upload relevant evidence to support your discount request.

Pensioner entitlements

You're entitled to a discount on your pet registration if you hold any of the following concession cards:

• Pensioner Concession Card – issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card – War Widow (WW)
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card – Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (TPI)
• Low-Income Health Care - issued by Centrelink
• Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) - issued by Centrelink  

Farm working dog

You are entitled to a discount if the following applies to you.

• The owner is engaged in primary production as the primary source of income.
• The dog is kept on rural land.
• Primarily kept for droving, herding, protecting, tending or working farm stock.

Service/guide and assistance dog

Registration for service/guide and assistance dogs is free of charge if you can provide evidence that:

• the owner or client has a disability that requires a service dog
• the dog has completed obedience training by an approved organisation
• the dog is desexed
• the dog is 12 months or older.

Other criteria

• Any dog or cat over 10 years old (excluding dangerous, menacing or restricted breed)
• The pet owner is a member of an eligible organisation.
• A registered Domestic Animal Business (DAB) keeps the pet for breeding.
• The dog has undergone obedience training by an approved organisation.

Register your pet

The quickest way to register your pet for the first time in Casey is online. 

Register your dog

Register your cat

Alternatively, download the form and return it to one of our Customer Service locations.

What happens next?

• We will post your pet's tag within 5-10 working days.
• You must renew your pet's registration every year on 10 April. A renewal reminder will be sent to you 3-4 weeks before the due date.

Report an unregistered animal

Let us know if you are aware of any unregistered pets in Casey.

Report unregistered dog

Report unregistered cat