Louisburg, KS Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

Louisburg's Code has no general, up-front microchipping mandate for pet owners. Instead, the requirement is a consequence written into the escalating at-large penalty scheme at § 2-206(c). Once an owner reaches a third conviction for allowing a dog to run at large, subsection (c)(6), "Microchip and tags," requires the owner to microchip all dogs they own or harbor and provide the microchip information to the City of Louisburg, with the owner bearing every cost of that identification requirement. This chip mandate travels with a package of other post-third-offense conditions under § 2-206(c): a four-foot maximum leash whenever the dog leaves its pen, secure indoor or locked-pen confinement, $1,000,000 in liability insurance naming the City as additional insured, and two color identification photographs, all of which must stay in place for five years without a new conviction.

Failing to comply after the third conviction draws a flat $750 fine for each instance of non-compliance under § 2-206(c)(7). A parallel, stricter microchip duty applies to any animal formally declared "dangerous" by the municipal court: § 2-301(f)(3)(G) requires an owner to microchip that animal and register the chip with the animal control officer within ten days of conviction, with all canines in that category chipped by 120 days of age. Louisburg has no separate microchip ordinance for cats or for dogs that have never been cited.