Bend, OR Animal Ordinances: Pet Store Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Bend Code § 7.70.010
- Covered animals
- Dogs, cats and rabbits
- Exempt parties
- Breeders, brokers, shelters, rescues (BC 7.70.005)
- Maximum penalty
- $750.00 civil infraction (BC 7.70.015)
- Adoption event allowed
- Only with no ownership stake or fee
Summary
In the City of Bend, pet stores cannot sell dogs, cats or rabbits at all. Bend Code § 7.70.010 bans any pet store from selling, bartering or otherwise transferring these animals, though stores may still host animal care facilities or rescue organizations that showcase adoptable animals for free.
No pet store shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise transfer or dispose of dogs, cats, or rabbits. Nothing in this section prohibits pet stores from collaborating with animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations to offer space for such entities to showcase adoptable dogs, cats or rabbits, provided the pet store does not have any ownership interest in the animals offered for adoption and does not receive a fee for providing space for the adoption of any of these animals. The restriction in this section does not apply to any breeder, broker, animal care facility or animal care organization. ... A pet store that violates this chapter shall be subject to the enforcement authority of BC Chapter 1.40, Civil Infractions. A violation is a Class A civil infraction, subject to a maximum civil penalty of $750.00. Each dog, cat or rabbit offered for sale in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate violation. Each day the violation continues is a separate violation.
Full Breakdown
010 is a flat retail ban: no pet store shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise transfer or dispose of dogs, cats, or rabbits. 005(F) as a retail establishment where dogs, rabbits or cats are sold, exchanged, bartered or offered for sale to the general public, a definition that excludes animal care facilities and animal rescue organizations. The ban carries one carve-out: a pet store can still let a City-recognized animal care facility or a 501(c)(3) animal rescue organization use its floor space to showcase adoptable dogs, cats or rabbits, but only if the store keeps zero ownership interest in those animals and takes no fee for hosting the adoption event.
005(D), anyone who buys from a breeder for resale, nor does it reach the animal care facilities and rescue organizations themselves. The ordinance targets the commercial pet-store retail channel specifically, leaving direct sales by breeders, brokers and private owners regulated elsewhere, if at all.
Violations & Fines
BC 7.70.015 makes a pet store's violation of the sale ban a Class A civil infraction enforced under BC Chapter 1.40, capped at a $750.00 maximum civil penalty. Each individual dog, cat or rabbit offered for sale in violation counts as its own separate violation, and each day the violation continues is a further separate violation, so a store holding several animals for sale over multiple days can face stacked penalties well above the single $750 cap.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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