Who needs a retail pet store registration (2024 law) and local animal licenses in Indiana?
Issued by Indiana State Board of Animal Health; your city or county animal care and control, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.
Since July 1, 2024 a retail pet store selling dogs registers with the Board, buys only from registered and certified breeders without recent federal Animal Welfare Act citations, microchips each dog before sale and sells to adults only; the Board inspects at random from July 2025, and an unregistered store faces a civil penalty of up to $10,000. The same law voided local bans on pet store dog sales but left cities free to license and inspect stores. A groomer or boarding kennel asks the local animal control office whether a kennel license applies.
Draft. This row was drafted from the agency’s own page and has not yet been confirmed against it. Confirm it with the agency before you pay anything.
Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Indiana State Board of Animal Health; your city or county animal care and control.
Sources and dates
House Enrolled Act 1412 (2024), Indiana Code 15-21 and following (commercial dog breeders, brokers and retail pet stores); municipal animal ordinances. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Yes. Since July 1, 2024 a retail pet store selling dogs registers with the Board, buys only from registered and certified breeders without recent federal Animal Welfare Act citations, microchips each dog before sale and sells to adults only; the Board inspects at random from July 2025, and an unregistered store faces a civil penalty of up to $10,000.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
No. In Indiana it is listed for pet stores and groomers.
Indiana State Board of Animal Health; your city or county animal care and control.
Step 4 of 6, get the permits for your kind of business. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax and approve the space.
Who needs a retail pet store registration in Indiana? | DoorWorthy
