Vanderburgh County, IN Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

090(E). Item (10) of that list lets the Commission require "that the animal be permanently identified by tattooing or by injecting an identification microchip, using standard veterinary procedures and practices," with the identification number and the name of the person who performed the procedure registered with the animal shelter. This is a discretionary, case-by-case condition, not a general licensing or microchipping mandate for every dog or cat in the county; the Commission chooses which of the fourteen listed conditions, muzzling, escape-proof kennels, spay/neuter, liability insurance, and others, fit a particular case, and conditions (5), (6), and (11) can only be imposed where a person suffered serious injury.

080(E) gives microchipping practical weight at the shelter: an impounded animal that is licensed with a tag or microchipped must be held at least seven days, while an untagged and unmicrochipped animal may be held no longer than seven days before the Animal Care and Control Officer can destroy or sell it, so a microchip functions as the county's primary path to a longer redemption window. 090(E)(12).