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Property (place) registration
On this page:
- Registration requirements
- Register your place (new PIC)
- Update PIC information (contact information and place records)
- Ownership transfer
- Deregister a place
Registration requirements
Your place (property) must be registered with DPI&F if you keep one or more head of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo, deer, camelids (camels, llama, alpaca), or 100 or more poultry including caged birds. Places that must be registered include:
- farms and holdings
- saleyards
- cattle tick and transit centres
- agricultural show and sporting event grounds
- feedlots
- town and local government common areas
- stock routes
- pounds
- animal parks
- theme parks and zoos
- live exporters
- abattoirs and slaughterhouses.
Once registered, the place will be issued with a property identification code (PIC). A PIC must be allocated before National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) devices can be ordered.
In some instances when applying for registration, you may need to supply evidence of ownership of the place. DPI&F will contact you if this is required. Evidence of ownership may consist of:
- a copy of a contract of sale
- a copy of a rates notice
- a copy of a lease agreement.
As a PIC owner you are required to:
- notify the DPI&F of changes to your property details or contact information
- notify the DPI&F within 14 days of the purchase or acquisition of a place on which the above livestock will be kept.
You can carry out registrations and changes either online or at a DPI&F office. If you are lodging an online application where a PIC has never been allocated, you will receive notification of your PIC by email or mail within approximately five working days.
If you are lodging an online application for a place that already has a PIC allocated, or if you are updating PIC details online, the application will be forwarded to your local DPI&F for processing.
DPI&F processing times will vary and you should contact your local DPI&F office for further information. Your local DPI&F office will contact you should any clarification be required. DPI&F will send you written confirmation about your registration.
If applying for registration of your place at your local DPI&F office, please enquire about processing times at time of application.
Register your place
To register your place online simply click the appropriate link below and follow the prompts.
To register your place at your local DPI&F office, download and complete the ´Property information form´ and the ´Client information form´. Submit the completed forms, together with your evidence of ownership, at your local DPI&F office.
Update PIC information
If you already have a PIC and you have to change your contact information or property records, download and complete a ´Property information form´ or ´Client information form´ and submit it to any DPI&F office, or make your changes online. To make changes online you will need to provide your PIC and password (which can be obtained from your local DPI&F office).
- Update property information online
- Property information form (PDF, 118 kB)
- Client information form (PDF, 112 kB)
Ownership transfer
It is the responsibility of the new owner to advise the DPI&F of a change to ownership within 14 days of the purchase or acquisition. Complete the ´Transfer registered property APS form´ and submit it to your local DPI&F office with evidence of ownership.
Deregister a place
A property owner may deregister a place when livestock are no longer held on the property.
To deregister a registered place, complete the ´Deregister a registered property form´ and submit it to your local DPI&F office. Before approving deregistration an inspector may request further information to confirm that the place no longer keeps or intends to keep the relevant numbers of livestock.
Page maintained by Kerrie Appleyard
Last updated 13 December 2007
URL: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/4790_6011_ENA_HTML.htm