Fulton County
Fulton County Animal Control
In short
Fulton County Animal Control issues 2 permits we publish for Fulton County, last verified 2026-10-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Control Kennel Special Permitonly if it applies to you | Fulton County Animal Control | $150 per year; Code §34-203(d) exempts a commercial kennel already holding the county's Business Occupation Tax Certificate from this separate fee | annual | 2026-10-03 |
| Pet-Shop Sale Restrictions | Fulton County Animal Control | No fee | ongoing (conduct restriction, not a term-limited permit) | 2026-10-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Animal Control Kennel Special Permit
Any premises in Fulton County keeping four or more dogs over four months old for 14 or more days needs this $150.00 annual special permit from Fulton County Animal Control under Code §34-203(b) — relevant to a veterinary clinic or boarding facility. Code §34-203(d) exempts a commercial kennel that already holds the county's Business Occupation Tax Certificate and pays its business-license fee from this separate permit fee, and §34-203(e) separately requires every commercial kennel to hold a Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture kennel license, a state requirement outside the county's own program. This article reaches the unincorporated area of Fulton County and any incorporated city that holds an interlocal animal-control-services agreement with the county under §34-201(a); the Code text itself does not name which cities currently hold such an agreement.
Pet-Shop Sale Restrictions
Fulton County Code §§34-213–34-215 bars a pet shop from selling, delivering, offering for sale, bartering or auctioning dogs or cats; it may only offer dogs or cats for adoption sourced from an animal care facility or animal rescue organization, and never younger than eight weeks. Outdoor, roadside, flea-market or parking-lot transfers of dogs, cats or domestic rabbits are prohibited under §34-215, and §34-214 requires the shop to keep a one-year record of each animal's source. This is a conduct restriction rather than a licensed permit, and the Code imposes no fee for it. It reaches the unincorporated area of Fulton County and any incorporated city holding an interlocal animal-control-services agreement with the county, the same scope as the Kennel Special Permit above.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Fulton County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Fulton County Code of Laws, Chapter 34, Article VI — Rabies and Animal ControlFulton County / Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
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