Mobile, AL Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard
- Too many to properly care for
- Penalty
- Up to $500 or 6 months jail
- Additional consequence
- Confiscation of animals
- Governing section
- Mobile City Code § 7-22
Summary
Mobile bans keeping pets in numbers too great to properly house or care for, with confiscation and criminal penalties under City Code § 7-22.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep animals as pets in such sufficient numbers that they cannot be properly housed or cared for. Any person convicted of this offense shall be subject to confiscation of the animals in addition to other criminal penalties.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 7-22 makes it unlawful to keep animals as pets in numbers so great that they cannot be properly housed or cared for. A person convicted under this hoarding provision faces confiscation of the animals in addition to whatever criminal penalty the court imposes, so enforcement isn't capped at a simple citation the way most chapter 7 violations are.
Violations & Fines
Hoarding is punishable by up to $500 or six months in jail, and a conviction also triggers confiscation of every animal involved, per the chapter 7 fine schedule at § 7-22.
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