Plumas County Code Title 6, Chapter 1 imposes no blanket countywide leash law, but Sec. 6-1.108 makes it unlawful for any animal to be beyond the immediate control of its keeper when at large in public or on private property without permission. Sec. 6-1.214 adds leash-or-restraint rules inside seven named fire and community services districts.
In the unincorporated rural areas of Plumas County, dog control is governed by Title 6 (Sanitation and Health), Chapter 1 (Animals) of the County Code, enforced by Plumas County Animal Services. Under Sec. 6-1.108, it is unlawful for any animal to be beyond the immediate control of the person owning, possessing, or caring for it when the animal is at large on a road or street or other public place, or at large on private property without the owner's or occupant's permission. Reflecting the county's rural mountain character, this is a reasonable-control standard rather than a universal leash mandate. However, Sec. 6-1.214 (Restricted areas) imposes stricter rules within the external boundaries of seven districts: Chester, Graeagle, Greenville, Peninsula, Quincy, West Almanor, and Plumas Eureka. Inside those boundaries a dog is not considered under reasonable control unless it is on its owner's property or restrained by a leash or other physical restriction. The county does not publish a specific maximum leash length in its commonly cited sections.
Animals running at large in violation of Sec. 6-1.108 may be impounded by Animal Services, with notice and disposition procedures in that section. Unaltered dogs face fines per the county fee schedule, which may be reduced with proof of spaying or neutering. Restraint violations inside the named districts under Sec. 6-1.214 are separately enforceable.
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