Lucknow dog registration with Nagar Nigam: fee, documents and renewal
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For dog registration in Lucknow, apply online on Lucknow Nagar Nigam's (LMC) dog registration portal, linked from lmc.up.nic.in, logging in with your phone number and an OTP12. The fee is ₹200 for an Indian (desi) breed and ₹1,000 for a foreign breed, and you upload a photo of the dog with scans of its vaccination and sterilisation cards23. The licence runs to the end of the financial year; renew it after 31 March, because from 1 May LMC charges ₹500 a dog and then ₹50 a day2.
- Documents
- Photo of the dog, and scans of its vaccination card and sterilisation card2
- Renewal
- Every year, once the financial year ends (31 March)2
- Late penalty
- ₹500 a dog from 1 May, then ₹50 a day from 1 June, up to ₹5,000 in all2
On this page
Online dog registration in Lucknow, step by step
- Keep ready a photo of your dog and clear scans or photos of the original vaccination card and sterilisation card2.
- On lmc.up.nic.in, click "ऑनलाइन डॉग रजिस्ट्रेशन" (online dog registration). It opens LMC's pet portal12.
- Log in with your phone number and the OTP. One mobile number can hold only one account2.
- Choose New Registration, pick the breed category (Indian or foreign) and fill in your dog's details. If you have more than one dog, register each of them2.
- Upload the documents2.
- Pay online by credit card, debit card, net banking or UPI. Pay within one month of completing the form, or the application is cancelled and you start again2.
- After LMC verifies the application, the certificate is issued. You get one certificate as the owner, listing all your dogs2.
Dog licence price in Lucknow
Renewal and late fees
- Renew on the same portal with Renew Now, after logging in with your phone number and OTP2.
- The licence must be renewed once the financial year ends on 31 March2.
- From 1 May, a late penalty of ₹500 a dog. From 1 June, ₹50 more for each day2.
- The penalty stops at ₹5,000 in all, counting May's ₹500 2.
- The portal says it alerts you 15 days before your dog's rabies vaccination expires2. Keep the vaccination card current, so it is ready when you renew; your vet decides the booster date. See the dog vaccination chart.
Rules that come with the licence
- Dogs per home, by the home's area: up to 2 dogs up to 200 sq m, and up to 4 dogs from 200 to 400 sq m3.
- LMC can cancel an application or licence under its rules, and must record the reason2.
- An owner can be penalised if a complaint is registered against them; the portal doesn't give an amount2.
- Changed details? The portal has an Update option next to Register and Renew2.
Good to know
LMC started online dog licences in 2024–25 and issued licences for 6,086 dogs that year, up from 5,680 in 2023–24 3.
Help
The portal's support team is on 9918000241, Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm2. LMC's animal welfare department lists 9511156792 for pet dog licences3.
How we checked this
We used only Lucknow Nagar Nigam's own sources: the lmc.up.nic.in home page and its list of bylaws, the dog registration portal it links to, and the animal welfare department's note of June 2025 (in Hindi)1234. We did not create an account, so we could not see the form past the OTP login.
Not fully clear yet
Official sources disagree or leave gaps on these. Confirm before you rely on them.
- Dogs per home: LMC's animal welfare note gives the limits in square metres (200 and 400 sq m)3, while the portal's English text says 200 sq ft2. The department's figures look like the rule, but confirm with LMC before you add a third dog.
- Rabies and cancellation: the portal alerts you 15 days before the rabies vaccination expires and "waits" 15 days after, under its cancellation rules2. It doesn't say plainly whether the licence is cancelled if the vaccination lapses.
- Sterilisation card: the portal lists it among the documents2 but doesn't say what to do if your dog isn't sterilised. Ask LMC's animal welfare department.
- Indian or foreign: the portal doesn't define which breeds count as Indian or desi for the ₹200 fee2.
- Bylaw and fines: LMC's list of bylaws has no dog bylaw4, and we found no fine for keeping a dog without a licence. Cats are not mentioned on LMC's pages23.
Sources and how we check
Facts checked against the official sources below by Thapki. Written with AI help from the sources below, then checked line by line; the Thapki team reads and approves every page before it goes live. How we check
- 1Lucknow Nagar Nigam website: "ऑनलाइन डॉग रजिस्ट्रेशन" (online dog registration) link
- 2Online dog registration portal: fees, documents, renewal, penalties and cancellation rules
- 3Animal welfare department (पशु कल्याण विभाग): brief introduction, licence fees and figures (PDF, Hindi, June 2025)
- 4Bylaws (उपविधियां) list