Cat and dog owners in NSW are required, by law, to keep their personal details and pet's information up to date in the NSW Pet Registry.  

When your contact details change, you must update them in the NSW Pet Registry. This can help councils and vets reunite you with your pet if they go missing. 

Visit your local council, or update your details online with a NSW Pet Registry account. 

  • Update your contact details
  • Update the address where your cat or dog is usually kept.
  • Add an additional address such as a holiday home, family member or additional breeding location.
  • Mark your pet as missing or found.
  • Notify us if your pet has passed away. 

Log in or create an account on the NSW Pet Registry

Always keep your pet’s location up to date

Your pet’s primary address is set as your home address by default on the NSW Pet Registry. If your pet lives at another location, even temporarily, you must update their location in the NSW Pet Registry to remain compliant with NSW law. 

The NSW Pet Registry allows you to add additional locations, and update all animals in your profile, or update an individual animal’s location.  

Manage your cat or dog's location on the NSW Pet Registry

Add an additional location for your cat or dog in the NSW Pet Registry
  1. Log in or create an account on the NSW Pet Registry using your MyServiceNSW  details.
  2. Go to ‘My profile’ and select ‘Contact information and pet’s location’.
  3. In ‘Pet Locations’, enter the address of an additional location where you keep your animals and select ‘save’.
Update the location of all your pets
  1. Go to ‘My profile’ and click the ‘Contact information and pet’s location’ tab.
  2. Select ‘set for all pets’ under the correct address.  
Update the location of individual cat or dog
  1. Go to ‘My Pets’
  2. Select the pet you want to update.
  3. Click on ‘Pet information and location tab’ and click ‘change pet’s location’.
  4. Select the correct location from the list and click ‘save’. 

Using paper forms

Owners and breeders should update their contact details on the NSW Pet Registry where possible. If you cannot access the online service, you can notify council using the C3C Change of details form within 14 days of a change.