Yuba City requires dogs off the owner's property to be controlled by a leash no longer than eight feet. Animal Services is provided by the Sutter Animal Services Authority (SASA), a Joint Powers Authority covering Yuba City, Live Oak and unincorporated Sutter County.
Yuba City regulates dogs under Title 4 (Public Safety), Chapter 12 (Regulations Pertaining to Dogs and Other Animals), Article 3 (Dogs) of the Municipal Code. Section 4-12.351 governs restraint of dogs running at large. Because Yuba City contracts with the Sutter Animal Services Authority (a JPA formed by the City of Yuba City, City of Live Oak and County of Sutter), Sutter County's restraint rule under Ordinance Code §800-220 applies operationally inside city limits: a dog must be off the property of its owner only if controlled by a leash that is no more than eight (8) feet in length. Dogs four months of age and older must be currently licensed and rabies-vaccinated before they may lawfully be at large on a leash in public — license/rabies tags must be worn on the collar. SASA Animal Control Officers (sworn under §4-12.112, uniformed/badged) handle impounds; impounded dogs are delivered to the shelter at 200 Garden Hwy under §4-12.121.
Off-leash dogs may be impounded by SASA officers. Owners must pay impound, boarding (per-day), and rabies/license fees to redeem the animal — unlicensed dogs incur additional license-at-redemption fees. Repeat 'at large' or unlicensed offenses are charged as municipal infractions under Yuba City Code Title 1 (general penalty: typically $100 first offense, $200 second, $500 third within 12 months for code infractions). Animals unredeemed after the statutory holding period may be adopted out or euthanized.
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