Santa Rosa, CA Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

080 adds two mandatory follow-up requirements once that designation sticks. First, the owner must pay to have a microchip implanted in the animal, and the chip has to be one the Poundmaster assigns rather than any microchip the owner already chose, so the identifying number can be entered directly into the city's licensing file for that animal. Second, the same animal must be sterilized at the owner's expense, closing off breeding regardless of exemptions found elsewhere in the chapter. 090 that a minor may not own an animal found potentially dangerous or vicious.

020, or the owner has agreed to the potentially-dangerous designation. 010, and the City may separately pursue a civil penalty of up to $3,000 for a violation involving a potentially dangerous animal or up to $5,000 for one involving a vicious animal.