{"topic_id":"local_pet_ordinance_us_chicago_licensing","category":"local-pet-ordinance","context":"---\ntopic_id: local_pet_ordinance_us_chicago_licensing\ncategory: local-pet-ordinance\ntitle: \"Chicago (IL) — dog licensing + rabies vaccination required (Municipal Code 7-12-140, City Clerk Dog Guide)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"City of Chicago Clerk's Office — Dog Guide 2025 (chicityclerk.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public-1/Dog_Guide_2025.pdf), implementing Municipal Code 7-12-140, extracted 2026-07-23 via Tavily\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/local-ordinance/chicago_dog_guide.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-23\ntokens_estimated: 280\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 3\n  passed: 3\n  date: 2026-07-23\nrecovered: false\npath: local-pet-ordinance/local_pet_ordinance_us_chicago_licensing/01_local_pet_ordinance_us_chicago_licensing.md\nsource_document: \"Local pet ordinance\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene — Health Code Article 161\"\n  title: \"Chicago (IL) — dog licensing + rabies vaccination required (Municipal Code 7-12-140, City Clerk Dog Guide)\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-23\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:statute\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Chicago (IL) — dog licensing + rabies vaccination required (Municipal Code 7-12-140)\n\nSource: City of Chicago Clerk's Office — Dog Guide 2025 (official city publication implementing Municipal Code 7-12-140), extracted 2026-07-23. First-hand city document; C1 substring-verified against `pdf-raw/local-ordinance/chicago_dog_guide.txt`.\n\nChicago requires every dog owner to license their dog and keep it rabies-vaccinated. This is a **licensing + rabies** municipal sub-topic, parallel to Tacoma (licensing + unaltered limit) and Denver (licensing + leash + intact permit) already in this category. The operative provision is Chicago Municipal Code 7-12-140 (\"License required\"), with 7-12-200 (\"Rabies vaccination required\") as the companion section.\n\nThis covers the Chicago \"what are dog owners required to do?\" question: register dogs over four months with the City Clerk and maintain current rabies vaccination. It complements the leash/limit/tethering ordinances already documented for other cities.\n\nVerbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file + this body):\n1. \"All Chicago dogs older than four months are required to be registered with the City Clerk’s Office.\"\n2. \"All Chicago dogs must have a current rabies vaccination\"\n3. \"every Chicago resident owning a dog must obtain a dog license.\"\n","sources":["NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene — Health Code Article 161 — Chicago (IL) — dog licensing + rabies vaccination required (Municipal Code 7-12-140, City Clerk Dog Guide) (retrieved 2026-07-23)"],"source":{"authority":"NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene — Health Code Article 161","title":"Chicago (IL) — dog licensing + rabies vaccination required (Municipal Code 7-12-140, City Clerk Dog Guide)","url":"https://www.gov.uk/","retrieved":"2026-07-23","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Local pet ordinance","verification_file":"pdf-raw/local-ordinance/chicago_dog_guide.txt"},"source_document":"Local pet ordinance","source_file":"pdf-raw/local-ordinance/chicago_dog_guide.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":392,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}