Did your state chip your pet or was it a private company? I think they are saying that there are no centralized authorities and you depend on private companies
https://www.petlink.net/microchip-search/
It seems the various chip companies share registry data, doesn't have to be state run.
https://www.petlink.net/microchip-search/
It seems the various chip companies share registry data, doesn't have to be state run.