Turlock, CA Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)

No person owning any dog or having the care, custody, control, or possession of any dog shall suffer, allow, or permit such dog to run, be, or remain at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, or other public place, or upon any private property other than the property of the owner or custodian of such dog without the consent of the owner of such property, within the corporate limits of the City, and all dogs may be deemed running at large within the meaning of this section unless tied, restrained by chain, strap, or cord eight (8') feet or less in length, attached to their collars and actually held by some responsible person. Any dog found running at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, or other public place, or upon any private property other than the property of the owner or custodian of such dog without the consent of the owner of such property within the corporate limits of the City shall be subject to seizure and impounding in the Animal Shelter. (1064-CS, Amended, 05/23/2006; 1070-CS, Amended, 11/09/2006) § 6-1-307.5. Dogs running at large: Nuisances.

(a) Any dog which habitually runs at large is hereby declared a nuisance. A dog shall be deemed to habitually run at large when any person owning such dog or having the care, custody, control, or possession of such dog has three (3) total written notices or citations that such dog is or has been at large.