Troy, NY Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

The microchip requirement this page covers sits in § 124-9(B)(8) of the Code of the City of Troy, adopted by the Troy City Council for the City of Troy in Rensselaer County, New York. It was added on 7-12-2018 by Ord. No. 42. The text says any person owning, harboring or having care or custody of a dangerous dog shall spay/neuter the dog, and have the dog microchipped, at the owner's expense. The cost falls on the owner, and the duty reaches anyone with care or custody, not just the title owner.

The trigger is the dangerous dog status in § 124-9(A): a dog with known propensity to attack unprovoked or endanger human beings or animals, a dog that attacks, threatens or endangers a human being or animal without provocation, or a dog owned, harbored or trained for dog fighting.

Registration sits next to the microchip duty. Under § 124-9(B)(7), amended on 7-12-2018 by Ord. No. 42, the City Clerk or a designee requires the owner of a dangerous dog to register the dog. The application lists the owner's name and address, the dog's breed, age, sex, color and any other identifying marks, and the location where the dog is kept if it is not the owner's address. The registration fee is $30, and each registered dog is assigned an official registration number by the City Clerk. The certificate of registration is issued on payment of the fee and presentment of sufficient evidence that the owner has complied with all orders of the City Clerk prescribed at the determination hearing.

Ordinary dog licensing is a separate track. Section 124-19(E) lists three items for a license: proof of dog ownership, a valid New York State driver's license or nondriver's license ID, and proof of current rabies vaccination. That list prints no microchip item.