Get a property identification code

Your property identification code (PIC) is an unique 8-character code that identifies the property where your livestock is kept.

The information is kept by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Northern Territory (NT), or its counterparts in other states and territories.

A PIC is permanently registered against a specific parcel of land.

In the NT, PICs begin with the letter T, for Territory. It's followed by 3 more letters, followed by 4 numbers - eg. TCDG0066.

Who needs a PIC

You must have a PIC if you keep any of the following livestock on your property in the NT:

• alpacas and llamas
• bison
• buffalo and cattle
• camels
• crocodiles
• deer
• emus and ostriches
• goats
• horses (equine - including ponies, miniature horses, mules and donkeys)
• pigs
• poultry (chooks, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peafowl, quail, turkeys) and pigeons
• sheep.

It doesn't matter how:

• big or small the property is - from suburban house block to pastoral station
• much livestock you have or even if they are just pets.

If you're keeping any of the above livestock, then you must have a registered PIC.

If you have livestock on agistment, check with the property owner to make sure they have a PIC.

Biosecurity management plan

If you keep or own livestock on a NT property, you can choose to have a biosecurity management plan (BMP).

A BMP helps protect your property, livestock and the wider NT industry from biosecurity risks.

A BMP is voluntary, but it is recommended.

Read more about BMPs.

What it's for

Your PIC is a biosecurity tool to help the government manage any outbreaks of disease which could spread beyond the property where they are first found.

It helps identify where livestock have come from or are kept. It also helps locate neighbouring properties so owners can be notified quickly of a potential disease threat in the area.

The PIC is an essential part of the National Livestock Identification System.

Read more about moving and exporting livestock or the National Livestock Identification System.

Registration information

When you register your property for a PIC, you must provide all of the following information:

• names and details of property owners and other contact people
• location and legal description such as NT portion/section/lot and street address
• species and number of livestock held on the property.

The code is permanently attached to the parcel of land and stays with the property, not with the owner.

It can't be transferred to another property. If you sell the property, the code remains with it.

How to register or update a PIC

You can apply for a new PIC registration or update existing property details online, by email or mail.

Online

You can apply online via Territory Services.

Go to Territory Services

Email or mail

Step 1. Fill in the form

• PIC Registration and Update Property details PDF (761.0 KB)
• PIC Registration and Update Property details DOCX (70.3 KB)

Step 2. Submit form by email or mail.

NTPIC.Brands@nt.gov.au

Chief inspector of livestock
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
GPO Box 3000
Darwin NT 0801

Registration certificate

When you register, you will be sent a certificate which lists:

• the PIC
• the legal land description
• livestock kept on the property
• owner details.

Find existing PICs

You can search for NT PICs, property name, location and if a property has an active biosecurity management plan.

Get the full NT PIC list

NT PIC list PDF (1.6 MB)
NT PIC list DOCX (629.4 KB)

Interstate

You can find the PICs for properties in other states through the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS). To find out more, go to the NLIS website.

Get a guide to searching the NLIS PIC register PDF (225.3 KB).