Glenn County, CA Animal Ordinances: Animal Hoarding (2026)

Title 8, Chapter 8.04 of the Glenn County Code does not define animal hoarding or cap the number of animals at a residence. Several provisions address the harm hoarding causes. Section 8.04.150 (habitual problem animals) declares the keeping of any animal that by habitual noise, trespass, property damage, viciousness, or other annoyance is a public nuisance to be unlawful; after notice, if the nuisance is not abated within three days, the animal control officer impounds the animal. Section 8.04.160 lets five or more neighbors with separate residences trigger the same nuisance-abatement process. The kennel rule in Section 8.04.010(M) and the licensing requirement in Section 8.04.400 mean that keeping five or more dogs for breeding, sale, or boarding requires a license and inspection. Animal control officers are authorized to enter property to determine whether laws relating to disease, care, treatment, or cruelty to animals are being violated (Section 8.04.040). The most direct tools for true hoarding are California Penal Code Sections 597 and 597.1, which make animal cruelty and the failure to provide proper care, food, water, or shelter punishable and allow seizure of neglected animals.