Know what your pet needs before the wheels turn.

Dogs and cats entering Alabama generally require an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI). Rabies requirements apply based on age and vaccination status.

Official source: Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering Alaska generally require a CVI issued within 30 days before entry. Carry current vaccination documentation.

Official source: Alaska Office of the State Veterinarian

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Dogs and cats entering Arizona generally require a health certificate/CVI documenting current rabies vaccination. Arizona may waive an import permit when a qualifying electronic CVI is issued and received.

Official source: Arizona Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats entering Arkansas generally require an official CVI. Rabies requirements apply based on age; temporary disease-control orders can add requirements.

Official source: Arkansas Department of Agriculture

Owner-accompanied pet travel is treated differently from dogs entering for sale, adoption, transfer, or change of ownership. Dogs four months and older generally need current rabies documentation.

Official source: California Department of Public Health

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Dogs and cats entering Colorado require a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) issued within 30 days before entry. Dogs and cats over 3 months old must have proof of current rabies vaccination documented on the CVI. No additional Colorado NWS-specific entry requirement for ordinary dogs or cats is currently identified on the state's published small-animal import requirements.

Official source: Colorado Department of Agriculture

Connecticut’s published dog-and-cat requirements call for a certificate of health within 30 days before entry and current rabies documentation for dogs and cats over three months.

Official source: Connecticut Department of Agriculture

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Dogs and cats entering Delaware generally require an official health certificate valid for 30 days. Rabies requirements differ by age and species.

Official source: Delaware Administrative Code

Florida generally requires an Official CVI for dogs and cats, but a privately owned pet traveling with its owner may qualify for an exemption. Dogs and cats three months and older generally need current rabies documentation.

Official source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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Georgia's ordinary personal-pet entry rules emphasize current rabies documentation. Dogs and cats 12 weeks and older generally need proof of current rabies vaccination.

Official source: Georgia Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats entering Idaho generally require a CVI with destination information. Dogs and cats 12 weeks and older generally need current rabies vaccination.

Official source: Idaho State Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats entering Illinois generally require a CVI issued within 30 days. Dogs and cats 16 weeks and older generally need current rabies vaccination documented.

Official source: Illinois Department of Agriculture

Indiana generally requires a CVI completed within 30 days before entry and rabies vaccination for dogs and cats three months or older. Pets from an NWS infested zone may need additional inspection, treatment, and movement documentation.

Official source: Indiana State Board of Animal Health

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Dogs and cats entering Iowa generally require a CVI stating they appear free from infectious or contagious disease. Dogs over four months generally require current rabies vaccination.

Official source: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Dogs and cats imported into Kansas generally require a completed CVI from an accredited veterinarian. For pets from an NWS infested zone, see the NWS action below for the additional Kansas permit and CVI requirements.

Official source: Kansas Department of Agriculture

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering Kentucky generally require a valid CVI. Dogs, cats and ferrets over four months generally need current rabies vaccination.

Official source: Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Louisiana's NWS order applies to any species. Pets from an NWS-infested state need a CVI issued within 7 days with the required NWS statement; pets that originated in or traveled through an infested zone also need a Louisiana entry permit and must meet the origin state's movement rules.

Official source: Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Privately owned dogs or cats traveling with their owner are generally treated differently from animals imported for resale or adoption. Current rabies documentation is important; resale/adoption movements can have stricter requirements.

Official source: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Maryland directs owners to current MDA animal-health and import rules. Plan for official health and rabies documentation, then confirm the exact requirement for the pet, origin, purpose, and route.

Official source: Maryland Department of Agriculture

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Dogs and cats entering Massachusetts need a health certificate and current rabies documentation. Rules can differ by age, origin, adoption, sale, shelter, or other purpose of movement.

Official source: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

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Dogs entering Michigan from another state generally require an official interstate CVI. Dogs 12 weeks and older generally need current rabies vaccination. See the NWS action below for the exact origin-based CVI, permit, inspection, treatment, and wound-documentation requirements.

Official source: Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering Minnesota generally require a CVI. Animals three months and older generally need current rabies vaccination. For NWS-affected origins, see the action box below for the shorter CVI timing, treatment, advance-document submission, and quarantine requirements.

Official source: Minnesota Board of Animal Health

Owner-accompanied personal pets may qualify for a CVI exemption. Animals moved for exhibition, adoption, change of ownership, or without the owner generally require a CVI. Rabies requirements still apply.

Official source: Mississippi Board of Animal Health

Dogs and cats entering Missouri generally require a CVI. Animals over four months generally need current rabies vaccination. Missouri applies different NWS CVI timing and statements based on whether the pet came from an affected state, surveillance zone, or infested zone; see the action box below.

Official source: Missouri Department of Agriculture

Personal pets traveling with their owner generally do not require a CVI or import permit, but proof of current rabies vaccination is needed. Change-of-ownership movements generally require a health certificate.

Official source: Montana Department of Livestock

Dogs and cats entering Nebraska generally require a CVI. Rabies information must be documented; special procedures exist for some unvaccinated animals.

Official source: Nebraska Department of Agriculture

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering Nevada generally require a health certificate. Rabies vaccination must be current under applicable standards.

Official source: Nevada Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats generally require a CVI, and dogs and cats three months and older generally need rabies vaccination. Emergency animal-import rules can add or change requirements.

Official source: New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food

Dogs entering New Jersey generally require a CVI completed within 30 days of travel. Requirements for cats and local rabies rules should be verified for the destination.

Official source: New Jersey Department of Health

Dogs and cats over three months generally need rabies vaccination. New Mexico animal-health officials are establishing a minimum 12.4-mile-radius infested zone around the September 17 Grant County case. Animals in an infested zone must be inspected and, when necessary, treated before movement; confirm the exact pickup location and current New Mexico movement requirements before dispatch.

Official source: New Mexico Livestock Board — NWS updates

Dogs and cats entering New York generally require a health certificate/CVI issued within 30 days, with exemptions for some qualifying short stays or returning resident animals. Rabies generally applies from three months of age.

Official source: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets

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Ordinary interstate pet entry emphasizes compliance with North Carolina rabies rules. Commercial, rescue, adoption or other movements may have additional requirements.

Official source: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

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Dogs, cats and ferrets imported for more than 30 days generally require a CVI. Animals over 12 weeks generally need current rabies documentation.

Official source: North Dakota Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats imported into Ohio generally require a CVI and must comply with Ohio rabies requirements.

Official source: Ohio Department of Agriculture

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering Oklahoma are subject to state animal-entry and rabies requirements. Verify the current CVI requirement with the State Veterinarian before transport.

Official source: Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry

Dogs and cats entering Oregon generally require an official CVI issued within 30 days. Current rabies vaccination must be documented when required based on age.

Official source: Oregon Department of Agriculture

Pennsylvania does not generally require an import permit for ordinary dogs or cats, but health-document requirements can depend on the purpose of movement. Carry current rabies documentation and verify before transport.

Official source: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats imported into Rhode Island generally require identification and a CVI. Animals three months and older generally need proof of rabies vaccination.

Official source: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Dogs, cats and ferrets entering South Carolina generally require a CVI valid for 30 days and current rabies vaccination.

Official source: Clemson Livestock Poultry Health

Owner-accompanied dogs and cats may qualify for a health-certificate exemption for stays of 30 days or less if rabies vaccination is current and other conditions are met.

Official source: South Dakota Animal Industry Board

Dogs or cats entering Tennessee for more than 15 days generally require a CVI. Rabies vaccination applies based on age. Tennessee’s renewed September 4 NWS order requires a 7-day CVI for animals outside an infested zone but within an infested state. Animals from an infested zone need a CVI valid for no more than 5 days, documented effective treatment, and prior permission with an entry permit approved within 48 hours before entry; see the action box below.

Official source: Tennessee Department of Agriculture — Animal Health Alerts

Texas generally does not require a CVI for ordinary dogs and cats entering the state, but animals must comply with rabies requirements. Because NWS conditions are changing, destination-state rules for animals leaving or traveling through Texas should be checked before dispatch.

Official source: Texas Department of State Health Services

Read the full Texas pet transport guide →

Utah does not routinely require a CVI for every ordinary domestic dog or cat. A CVI is required in specified situations, including some NWS-related origins. Dogs, cats and ferrets over 12 weeks generally need current rabies vaccination.

Official source: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food

Vermont law generally requires a CVI for imported domestic animals, subject to exemptions established by rule. Carry current rabies documentation and verify current temporary rules.

Official source: Vermont Agency of Agriculture

Ordinary dogs and cats entering for personal ownership generally do not require a CVI or import permit. Sale, adoption, breeding or promotional movements generally require a CVI issued within 10 days.

Official source: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Qualifying personal pets traveling with their owner may normally be exempt from a CVI, while rescue, rehoming or ownership-change movements require one. Washington's 2026 NWS emergency rule can remove the normal exemption for animals from designated affected areas.

Official source: Washington State Department of Agriculture

Dogs and cats entering West Virginia generally require a health certificate/CVI issued following a recent veterinary inspection. Rabies documentation must be current when applicable.

Official source: West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Household pets entering Wisconsin generally require a CVI, including automobile travel. Dogs and domestic cats five months and older generally need veterinarian-administered rabies vaccination documented on the CVI. See the NWS action below for the exact additional Wisconsin requirements when the pet comes from a state with an active NWS infested zone.

Official source: Wisconsin DATCP

A person traveling with their own dog, cat or ferret generally does not need a CVI, but proof of current rabies vaccination is required for animals three months and older. Change-of-ownership movements generally require a CVI.

Official source: Wyoming Livestock Board