Sutter County does not require privately owned dogs or cats to be spayed or neutered. Only animals adopted out by the shelter must be sterilized, as required by California state law and implemented in County Code Sections 800-230 and 800-370.
No provision of Sutter County Code Chapter 800 imposes a general spay/neuter mandate on owned pets in unincorporated Sutter County. County Code Section 800-230 provides that Animal Control Services shall not sell, give away, or transfer any dog except as provided in Food and Agricultural Code Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 30520), and Section 800-370 applies the parallel state rules (Food and Agricultural Code Sections 31751 and 31760 et seq.) to cats over six months of age transferred by the shelter. State law (Food and Agricultural Code Section 30503) prohibits public shelters and rescue groups from releasing unaltered dogs to adopters, with a refundable deposit procedure when a veterinarian certifies the animal is too sick or injured to be altered at the time of adoption. Dog license fees set by the Board of Supervisors distinguish altered and unaltered dogs, and license penalties under Section 800-112 apply regardless of whether the dog is spayed or neutered.
The sterilization requirement falls on the shelter and rescue groups at the point of adoption rather than on individual pet owners; an adopter who pays a spay/neuter deposit forfeits it if proof of sterilization is not presented within the statutory period. General violations of Chapter 800 are a misdemeanor or infraction under Section 800-030.
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