Wyandotte County, KS Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Conviction for keeping a dangerous animal
- Deadline
- 10 days after conviction
- Enforcing agency
- Unified Government Animal Control Division
- Also required
- Spay/neuter, $500,000 liability insurance, signage
- Noncompliance penalty
- Seizure, license revocation, removal from city
Summary
Wyandotte County has no chip mandate for ordinary pets, but an owner whose animal is convicted of being a dangerous animal must microchip it within ten days and register the chip with animal control. The rule sits inside the dangerous-animal keeping standards, not the general dog and cat registration article.
Upon conviction of keeping a dangerous animal, and the animal returning to its owner, the animal shall be kept subject to the following standards:... (7)Microchip. All owners, keepers or harborers of dangerous animals must within ten days of conviction microchip the animal and provide microchip information to the animal control to register the animal as dangerous.
Full Breakdown
Section 7-216 of the Unified Government Code defines a dangerous animal as one that has caused a bite injury short of great bodily harm or killed another dog or cat. 00 in public liability insurance, two color identification photographs filed with animal control, and, under subsection (h)(7), a microchip implanted in the animal with the chip information provided to animal control so the animal is registered as dangerous. Subsection (h)(8) separately requires the same animal be spayed or neutered within the same ten-day window. The Unified Government Animal Control Division administers the registration, and animal control officers have standing authority to monitor and inspect how a dangerous animal is being kept.
None of these duties attach to a dog or cat that has not been the subject of a dangerous-animal conviction; Wyandotte County has no blanket pet microchip law.
Violations & Fines
Failure to microchip, insure, sign-post, or otherwise comply with the subsection (h) keeping standards is a separate offense from the underlying dangerous-animal violation. Under subsection (h)(10), any animal found in violation of these standards is subject to immediate seizure and impoundment, and a conviction results in revocation of the animal's license and its mandatory removal from the city.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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