Lincoln dog warden: getting your dog back
If Lincoln council's dog warden service picks up your dog, you pay its fees before you can take them home. Here's what it charges, from its own website (October 2026), and what to do if your dog goes missing in Lincoln.
What Lincoln charges
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£13 a calendar day in kennels, plus a £25 legal fee on a second continuing offence
The council asks owners to contact its PPASB Team for the total due.
Lincoln council's stray dog page · fees for 2026/27
How it compares
- The middle cost in the East Midlands: £91.25.
- Across the UK: £100, from 186 councils. 13 charge £200 or more.
If your dog is missing in Lincoln
- Call Lincoln council's dog warden or stray dog service now (its number is on its stray dog page), and the neighbouring councils too: dogs travel. Give a description, a photo and the microchip number.
- Ask them to check their register of stray dogs, which councils must keep and anyone can see free. The council only has to keep a stray for seven clear days.
- Tell your microchip database your dog is missing. Not sure which one? Our microchip number checker shows you.
- Ring vets and rescues nearby, post in local groups, and put up posters: the free lost dog poster maker takes a minute.
- When you collect, bring proof your dog is yours (microchip paperwork, vet records, photos) and a way to pay.
The full steps are in our lost dog checklist and our guide to getting your dog back from the dog warden.
Questions
How much does Lincoln charge to get a dog back from the dog warden?+
The council's website lists: £13 a calendar day in kennels, plus a £25 legal fee on a second continuing offence. That isn't enough to work out a one-night total, so ask when you call.
How long does Lincoln keep a stray dog?+
By law (section 149 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990), seven clear days. After that the council can rehome your dog, so call as soon as your dog goes missing. Kennel costs go up each day.
I've found a dog in Lincoln. What do I do?+
Check its tag first, and scan a QR tag if it has one: returning a dog to its owner costs them nothing. Otherwise the law (section 150 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) says to take it to the council's dog warden service straight away and say where you found it.
Other councils in the East Midlands
- Amber Valleynot listed
- Ashfield£91*
- Bassetlaw£85*
- Blaby£75.40*
- Bolsovernot listed
- Boston£70*
- Broxtowe£91.50*
- Charnwood£77.90
- Chesterfield£111*
- Derbynot listed
- Derbyshire Dales£95*
- East Lindsey£56*
- Erewash£127.50
- Gedling£165*
- Harboroughnot listed
- High Peaknot listed
- Hinckley and Bosworth£47.44*
- Leicester£51.40*
- Mansfieldnot listed
- Meltonnot listed
- Newark and Sherwood£98
- North East Derbyshirenot listed
- North Kestevennot listed
- North Northamptonshirenot listed
- North West Leicestershirenot listed
- Nottingham£67.50*
- Oadby and Wigston£127*
- Rushcliffe£132.40*
- Rutlandnot listed
- South Derbyshirenot listed
- South Hollandnot listed
- South Kestevennot listed
- West Lindseynot listed
- West Northamptonshire£201*