Siskiyou County, CA Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)

Siskiyou County regulates dogs running loose through its Animal Control code, Siskiyou County Code Title 5 (Sanitation and Health), Chapter 3, Article 14 ("Animals at Large"). This applies to the unincorporated areas of the county - not the incorporated cities such as Yreka, Mount Shasta, Weed, Dunsmuir, Fort Jones, Etna, Montague, or Dorris, which run their own animal rules. Section 5-3.14.01 ("Dogs at large") provides that no person owning or having charge, care, control, or custody of a dog may permit it to roam, run, or stray away from the premises where it is kept, except in the company and custody of the owner or another responsible person, and no person may allow a dog to run on the land of another without the landowner's permission. The code recognizes this is a working ranch and forest county: dogs being used for the movement of livestock or other farm-related duties, and dogs being used lawfully in pursuit of game animals or birds, are considered under the control of the owner or responsible person and so are not treated as running at large. There is no specific maximum leash length stated in the at-large section; the standard is that the dog must be kept on its own premises or under a responsible person's control. Siskiyou County Animal Control enforces these rules in the unincorporated areas.