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Cat & Dog Licenses

That little metal tag on your pet's collar is its best opportunity to be quickly reunited with you ... consider it your pet's ticket back home.

Dog with ID tagsCity ordinance requires that all cats and dogs over the age of 6 months be licensed with Aurora Animal Services. Proof of a current rabies vaccination is required before a cat or dog license can be issued. Licenses for the city of Aurora, Colorado, and rabies vaccinations must be updated prior to their expiration date. If your licensed pet is deceased, please email animalservices@auroragov.org to update your dog or cat's city record.

Per city ordinance, both the city animal license and rabies tag must be attached to the animal at all times.

If your pet's metal tag is lost or damaged, you may purchase a replacement tag only. Purchasing a replacement tag does NOT renew a license. (The new tag will have a different number on it than the previous tag but the same expiration date.)

Rabies certificates may be:

  • Scanned by uploading an electronic copy when you renew and pay for your license online

  • Emailed with your PERSON ID and a scanned attachment of the rabies certificate to AnimalServicesLicenses@auroragov.org

  • Faxed to 303.326.8294. Please write your PERSON ID and/or LICENSE TAG NUMBER on the vaccination certificate

  • Mailed to the Aurora Animal Shelter, Attn: Licensing, 15750 E. 32nd Ave., Aurora, CO 80011-1518

  • Renewed in person, please bring a copy with you to the Aurora Animal Shelter at the address listed above.

Now available

While you are getting your pet vaccinated, you can also purchase your pet licenses at these participating Aurora veterinary clinics:

vet with dog

Dr. Deanna Miller
Rising Sun Animal Care
100 Spruce St. #100, Denver
303.577.0195
Dr. Ali Shekarchian
Happy Tails Pet Hospital
24300 E. Smoky Hill Road, #134
303.222.7777
Dr. Philip Haas
Pet Palace Veterinary Clinic
4098 S. Parker Road
303.699.0477
Dr. Sherri Sprague
Heritage Animal Hospital
22651 E. Aurora Parkway
720.870.8387
Dr. Monique Weldon
Loving Family Animal Hospital
14605 E. Arapahoe Road
303.680.5050
Dr. Bruce Louderback
Mission Viejo Vet Hospital
15470 E. Hampden Ave.
303.693.1082
Dr. Brenda Eisenhauer
Parkside Animal Health Center
5001 S. Parker Road, #101
303.699.3344
Dr. Nicole Reilly
Aurora Hills Animal Hospital
​14080 E. Mississippi Ave.
303.360.0760
Dr. Manal Soliman
Pets R Us
Hospital
10695 E Mississippi Ave.
720.859.7788

Animal Care Center of Aurora
18511 E. Hampden Ave. Suite 104
303.693.6640
Dr. Stephanie Brand
Smoky Hill Vet Clinic
15600 Smoky Hill Road
303.693.2020

Seven Hills Veterinary Hospital
18325 E. Girard Ave.
303.699.1600

Animal Licenses Fees:

  • 1-year Cat or Dog License -- $15

  • 3-year Cat or Dog License -- $45

  • 50% discount for residents 65 and older

Intact Animal License

(For cats and dogs that are NOT Spayed/Neutered)

No license discounts are available for intact cats or dogs (those that are not spayed or neutered)

  • 1-year Intact Cat or Dog License -- $50

  • 3-year Intact Cat or Dog License -- $150