Beaumont, CA Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

Beaumont Municipal Code § 6.02.170 applies to any non-domestic animal that is wild and potentially dangerous in its natural state, as defined in Section 1406 of the Fish and Game Code. Keeping or maintaining one within the City requires compliance with the section and with every other City title. The person desiring to keep a wild animal, poisonous snake or reptile must first obtain a permit from the State under Section 1450 of the Fish and Game Code and meet every condition of that permit.

The possessor must also carry public liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000.00 in which the City is named as an additional insured. Transport through the City is allowed if the animal is confined so it poses no threat, injury or harm to persons in the City, and it must be properly caged or tethered at all times while the person complies with the Fish and Game Code. Section 6.02.005 supplies the vocabulary. An exotic animal is any animal not normally domesticated in the United States, including any lion, tiger, bear, non-human primate, wolf, coyote, cougar, bobcat, ocelot, wildcat, skunk, boa, python, reptile, amphibian, bird or venomous snake, irrespective of its actual or asserted docility, tameness or domesticity.

A hybrid animal is part wild animal, capable of transmitting rabies, with no rabies prophylaxis authorized by California. Domestic animals are small or non-dangerous animals such as dogs, cats, rodents, birds, non-poisonous snakes and rabbits that do not constitute a public nuisance. Under § 6.02.070 the property must also satisfy Title 6, Title 8 and Title 17.