Microchip requirements for all dogs · United States
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For Microchip requirements for all dogs · United States, entering is United States; provision is Microchip requirements for all dogs; applies to is All dogs presented for admission into the United States; what is required is must have a microchip implanted prior to arrival at the U.S. port; order it must come in is The microchip must have been implanted on or before the date the current rabies vaccine was administered, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.
Microchip requirements for all dogs. (1) All dogs presented for admission into the United States must have a microchip implanted prior to arrival at the U.S. port. (2) The microchip must have been implanted on or before the date the current rabies vaccine was administered. Rabies vaccines administered prior to the implantation of a microchip are invalid.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-28
- Entering
- United States verified
- Provision
- Microchip requirements for all dogs verified
- Applies to
- All dogs presented for admission into the United States verified
- What is required
- must have a microchip implanted prior to arrival at the U.S. port verified
- Order it must come in
- The microchip must have been implanted on or before the date the current rabies vaccine was administered verified
- If it is not met
- Rabies vaccines administered prior to the implantation of a microchip are invalid. verified
- Citation
- 42 CFR 71.51(g) our reading
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Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.51