Exemption from dog tax - shelter dog
Animal welfare organisation Animals Exemption Found Found animal Hundesteuer Sanctuary Stadtkämmerei Welfar Zweitwohnungs husbandry ownership

# Exemption from dog tax - shelter dog

## Summary

If your dog comes from the Munich animal shelter, you can have it exempted from dog tax for two years.
## Responsible Department

SKA
## Required Documents

You can submit your application in person, by post or by e-mail. You can submit your application informally. Please enclose a copy of the adoption contract with the animal shelter.

## Prerequisites

* Your dog comes from the Munich animal shelter.
* You have been keeping your dog for a year.

## Please Note

You must submit the application in the second year of dog ownership. The exemption from dog tax then applies from the year of application and for the following year.

## Important Information

Please only make personal appointments by prior arrangement. The cash desk of the city treasury (cash desk) is located at Landsberger Straße 36, 1st floor, room 175 and is open as follows: Monday to Wednesday: 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon
## Legal Basis

[Dog tax statutes of the City of Munich](https://stadt.muenchen.de/rathaus/stadtrecht/vorschrift/985.html)

## Further Links

* [Dog tax in Munich](https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/hundesteuer.html)
* [Data protection and tax secrecy](https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/datenschutz-ska.html)
* [Website of the Munich animal shelter](https://www.tierschutzverein-muenchen.de/das-sind-wir/tierheim.html)
* [Apply online](https://service.muenchen.de/intelliform/forms/01/10/10/hundesteuer/index)

## Keywords

* Animal welfare organisation
* Animals
* Exemption
* Found
* Found animal
* Hundesteuer
* Sanctuary
* Stadtkämmerei
* Welfar
* Zweitwohnungs
* husbandry
* ownership
