Premises Registration (NAIS)

Premises Registration is Voluntary in Washington State.
For more information, e-mail or call (360) 725-5493

Click here to Register Your Premises Online
(External Link)

• Name or description of the location (i.e. farm name)
• Address or driving directions to the location
• Contact information (i.e. name, phone number, e-mail, etc.)
• Type of operation (i.e. farm, slaughter, clinic, etc.)
• Species of animals on the location

• A physical location where livestock are raised, held or boarded (ie. ranches, farms, feedlots, renderers, markets, ports of entry, veterinary clinics/laboratories, etc…)
• WSDA recommends that producers with bovine (cattle & bison), equine (horses, mules & donkeys), swine, goats, sheep, poultry and camelids (llamas & alpacas) register their premises

• A PIN is a unique seven digit alpha-numeric identifier that is assigned to registered premises
• A PIN is needed when purchasing United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) official NAIS animal identification devices

• NAIS Premises registration information is housed on a secure federal server
• WSAIS Premises information is stored at the State level in a secure Washington State database

• Premises information is confidential
• All information submitted by an individual or a business for the purpose of participating in a state or national identification system is exempt from public disclosure under RCW 42.56.380(9)

• Register Online for NAIS only
  (External Link)
  
• Register for NAIS or WSAIS by downloading the application in: (Word) or (PDF)
  (PDF File 342 kb)
  

Please send completed applications to:
WSDA
Animal ID Program
PO Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504
or
e-mail the application to:
wsais@agr.wa.gov

• When your premises information changes
• Submit a completed application to WSDA, update your information online, or call (360)725-5493

For more information on premises registration, please visit the USDA APHIS website by clicking here
(External Link)

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