Coeur d'Alene, ID Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

The requirement sits in Coeur d'Alene Municipal Code § 6.20.040(B)(1). Once an animal control officer declares a dog dangerous and the declaration becomes final, the owner or custodian has seven days to have the dog sterilized, photographed and microchipped or tattooed to identify it as a dangerous dog. The same subsection sets a sixty day deadline, counted from the final determination of dangerousness, to attend an approved responsible ownership or dog management training course with the dog.

The microchip is one duty among several. The owner must notify animal control immediately if the dog runs at large or attacks a person or domestic animal, and within three days if the dog moves to a different address or gets a new owner or custodian, supplying the new owner's name, address and telephone number. Animal control officers can inspect the dog and its enclosure on request and can demand proof of compliance. Section 6.20.040(A) separately requires a fence with a double security gate and a secure enclosure of at least five feet wide, ten feet long and five feet high, with a floor of at least three inches of poured concrete, and the dog cannot be left unattended on a tether.

If an officer finds a violation, the officer can add restrictions after written notice, including a general liability policy of at least $500,000 naming the city as an additional insured, a stronger enclosure or forfeiture of the dog. Vicious dogs are handled under § 6.20.050: the owner pays the cost of having the dog microchipped and/or tattooed with identifying marks and must remove the dog from the city, and a microchip or identifying tattoo is conclusive proof that a dog found at large is the dog previously declared vicious. Declarations are made under § 6.20.020 and can be appealed through a hearing under chapter 6.35.