Start here
- Confirm the chip number.
- Find the database.
- Ask the previous keeper to initiate or approve the transfer where possible.
- If they cannot be contacted, ask the database what evidence it accepts.
PetChipHelp is an independent guidance service. We can help identify the database and explain the process, but official microchip records are changed by the database provider that holds the registration.
Have the microchip number?
Check which database appears to hold the record, then go straight to the right provider.