Prescott Valley, AZ Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

Section 6-01-040 sets the household cap: no person can keep, harbor, shelter, care for, house or otherwise maintain more than four dogs at any one time on any residential lot, and only dogs aged six months or older are counted. Because the verbs include care for and house, dogs a resident looks after count toward the same four as dogs the resident owns. Younger puppies sit outside the count until each reaches six months, but the license clock starts earlier: Section 6-01-050 requires a license for every dog three months of age or older that is kept in the Town for at least thirty consecutive days.

The kennel definition in Section 6-01-010(M) sits above the cap. A kennel is an enclosed, controlled area for five or more dogs on a temporary basis, not to exceed thirty days, and not more than eight dogs over six months of age on a permanent basis, and the definition expressly excludes animals kept on residential lots as household pets. Section 6-01-090 requires a kennel operator to obtain a permit issued by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, at an annual fee of $75 or the actual cost of recovery, unless each individual dog is licensed. A person who fails to obtain the permit owes a $25 penalty in addition to the annual fee.

Dog licenses run for one or three years under the Comprehensive Fee Schedule and expire on the anniversary date of issuance or the expiration of the rabies vaccination, whichever is earlier. A late fee is assessed if no renewal application has been received at least ten days after the expiration date. Section 6-01-070(C) requires a veterinarian's signed certificate as proof when the dog being licensed has been spayed or neutered.

Other species have their own caps in Section 6-02-030. Chickens and domestic rabbits are allowed on all residential lots, limited to a maximum of 10 each per lot. Livestock outside Agricultural Districts is allowed only on lots of one acre or larger and is limited to two such animals per acre.