Casa Grande, AZ Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)
Key Facts
- At-large ban
- No dog may run loose anywhere in city limits
- Park/school rule
- Leash or enclosure required on park, school property
- Exceptions
- Training, hunting, AKC shows, sanctioned races exempted
- Default penalty
- Class II misdemeanor, up to $750 fine, 4 months
- Redemption window
- 3 days to reclaim an impounded dog
- Enforcement
- Animal control officer may impound at large
Summary
In the City of Casa Grande, Casa Grande Municipal Code § 6.04.040 bars owners from letting a dog run at large anywhere in the city, and requires a leash, carrier, or cage for any dog in a public park or on school property. The animal control officer may impound a dog running at large, with limited exceptions for training, hunting, shows, and sanctioned races.
A. No person owning, keeping, possessing, harboring or maintaining a dog shall allow the dog to be at large. A dog is not deemed to be at large: 1. While the dog is actively engaged in a dog obedience training, accompanied by and under the control of his owner or trainer, and that such dog is actually enrolled in or has graduated from a dog obedience training school which has been approved by the animal control officer; 2. While the dog is being used for hunting purposes; 3. While the dog is being exhibited at an American Kennel Club approved show; 4. While the dog is engaged in races approved by the Arizona Racing Commission. B. No person in charge of any dog shall permit the dog in a public park or upon any public school property unless the dog is physically restrained by a leash, enclosed in a car, cage or similar enclosure, or being exhibited or trained at a recognized Kennel Club event, public school or park sponsored event. C. The animal control officer may apprehend and impound any dog running at large contrary to the provisions of this section.
Full Breakdown
Casa Grande Municipal Code § 6.04.010 defines a dog as "at large" when it is neither confined by an enclosure, physically restrained by a leash, nor under the control of its owner or someone acting for the owner. Section 6.04.040.A then makes it unlawful for any owner, keeper, possessor, or harborer to allow a dog to be at large anywhere in the City of Casa Grande, with four narrow exceptions: a dog enrolled in or graduated from an animal-control-officer-approved obedience school while under its trainer's control, a dog used for hunting, a dog exhibited at an American Kennel Club show, and a dog racing in an event sanctioned by the Arizona Racing Commission.
Subsection B adds a park- and school-specific rule: no one may bring a dog onto a public park or public school property unless it is on a leash, enclosed in a vehicle, cage, or similar enclosure, or being shown or trained at a recognized Kennel Club, school, or park event. Subsection C authorizes the animal control officer to apprehend and impound any dog found running at large. Because § 6.04.040 sets no penalty of its own, a violation defaults to the city's general penalty in § 1.08.010: a Class II misdemeanor punishable by up to a $750 fine, up to four months' imprisonment, or both, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.
An impounded dog may be redeemed within three days of impoundment by paying the fees in the § 6.12 fee schedule under § 6.12.060; unredeemed animals are placed for adoption or destroyed under § 6.12.070.
Violations & Fines
Letting a dog run at large in the City of Casa Grande, or bringing an unleashed dog into a public park or onto school property, violates § 6.04.040 and defaults to the general penalty in § 1.08.010: a Class II misdemeanor carrying up to a $750 fine, up to four months in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense. The animal control officer may also impound the dog on the spot.
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