Gurugram (MCG) dog registration: the 2026 rule

Since an MCG office order of 23 June 2026, every pet dog owner in the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram area must register their dog, on the state's Saral Haryana portal ⁴. You need your ID, a photo of the dog and a rabies vaccination certificate from a vet ¹. News reports put the fee at ₹500, paid once, but MCG's own fee notice was not online, so confirm before you pay ¹⁵.

Rule: Registration compulsory across MCG from an office order of 23 June 2026⁴
Where to apply: Saral Haryana portal: "Issue Certificate of Dog Registration" (Urban Local Bodies)¹⁴
Fee: ₹500, one-time, as reported in June 2026; Saral says it follows MCG's latest fee notification¹⁵
Centre charge: ₹100 if you apply through a Saral Kendra or a CSC (Saral, Nov 2025)¹
Time limit: 15 days to issue; 7 days for a renewal¹²
Key documents: Your ID, a photo of the dog, a rabies vaccination certificate from a vet¹

How to register

Get a rabies vaccination certificate from your vet. Keep the dog's other vaccination record too ¹⁴.
Sign in to the Saral Haryana portal, or go to a Saral Kendra or a Common Service Centre (CSC) ¹³.
Choose the Urban Local Bodies department and the service "Issue Certificate of Dog Registration" ¹.
Upload your ID, the dog's photo and the vaccination papers (see the list below) ¹.
Pay the fee shown. A Saral Kendra or CSC adds a ₹100 service charge ¹.
Saral sets a 15-day time limit for issuing the certificate ¹.

Documents on Saral's list

Your identity proof (required): one of Aadhaar, passport, voter card, driving licence or ration card ¹
Photo of the dog (required) ¹
Rabies vaccination certificate from a vet (required) ¹
Immunisation (vaccination) certificate ¹
Sterilisation certificate from a vet (optional) ¹
An earlier dog licence, insurance details or any municipal notice, if you have them ¹

Out in public

The June 2026 order also asks owners to keep their dogs under proper control in public, with leashes and muzzles as the civic body prescribes ⁴.

Help

Saral Haryana's helpline is 0172-396 8400 and the email is saral.haryana@gov.in ¹.

Not fully clear yet

Official sources disagree or leave gaps on these. Confirm before you rely on them.

One-time or yearly? A June 2026 report says the ₹500 fee is one-time and dogs already registered need not register again ⁵. But Saral also lists a renewal service for dog registration ², and says corporation fees follow the corporation's latest notification ¹. We could not find MCG's order or fee notice online. Ask MCG's health or veterinary branch before paying a second time.
MCG's Commissioner said the order follows the Haryana Municipal Corporation (Registration and Proper Control of Dogs) Bye-laws, 2008 ⁴. We could not find the bye-law text online, so we cannot confirm the fines.
For smaller Haryana towns (municipal councils and committees), Saral lists ₹500 a year to register a dog and ₹250 to renew within a month of expiry ². These amounts are not stated for municipal corporations such as MCG.

Last checked 4 Oct 2026. Facts checked against the official sources below by Thapki. Written with AI help from the sources below and checked against them line by line; the Thapki team reads and approves each page before it goes live.

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Sources

Issue certificate of dog registration: service details, fees and documents (PDF, Nov 2025) · Antyodaya-SARAL, Government of Haryana · seen 4 Oct 2026
Renewal certificate of dog registration: service details and fees (PDF, Nov 2025) · Antyodaya-SARAL, Government of Haryana · seen 4 Oct 2026
Saral Haryana portal · Government of Haryana · seen 4 Oct 2026
Gurugram makes pet dog registration must, tightens leash and muzzle rules (25 Jun 2026) · NewsDrum (news) · seen 4 Oct 2026
Own a pet dog in Gurugram? MCG makes registration mandatory with ₹500 fee (27 Jun 2026) · The Logical Indian (news) · seen 4 Oct 2026