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Your selected location: Emsland

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Keeping dangerous dogs Permission

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A permit is required to keep a dangerous dog.

The Act on the Restriction of the Introduction or Import of Dangerous Dogs into Germany (HundVerbrEinfG) established a ban on the import and introduction of certain dog breeds at the federal level. These are dogs of the breeds:

  • Pitbull Terrier,
  • American Staffordshire Terrier,
  • Staffordshire bull terrier,
  • Bull terrier
  • as well as their crosses with each other or with other dogs.

Dogs of other breeds as well as their crosses with each other or with other dogs, for which a danger is suspected according to the regulations of the country in which the dog is to be kept permanently, may not be imported or brought from abroad into this country according to § 2 HundVerbrEinfG.

Legal basis

Which documents are required?

  • Certificate of good conduct (document type "O") for submission to an authority
  • Character test
  • Proof of competence

Requirements

  • Character test

What are the fees?

Fees apply, please contact the competent authority.

Process flow

As part of the approval procedure, the dog's ability to behave in a socially acceptable manner must be proven by means of a character test .
Muzzle and leash obligations or other requirements may also be imposed regardless of the determination of dangerousness or a permit.

Deadlines

Application Deadline: 3 Months
for the submission of the necessary documents

What else should I know?

In some municipalities, municipalities and cities, a higher dog tax is levied for dangerous dogs. The basis for this is the respective dog tax statute.

Some municipalities, municipalities and cities have separate municipal regulations for walking dogs in public, on playgrounds, etc.

Author

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Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the district, the independent city and the Hanover region.

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Sicherheit und Ordnung
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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