Davis County, UT Animal Ordinances: Pet Store Rules (2026)

080 splits into two prohibitions. 010 may be sold, given away or transferred on a public street, right-of-way, sidewalk, park, or at a swap meet, a term the ordinance defines to include farmers markets, flea markets and park-and-swap events with rented stalls open to the public. Second, and separately, no pet shop in unincorporated Davis County may sell or offer for sale a dog or cat at all. A pet shop may still provide floor space for adoptable dogs or cats, but only if an animal rescue organization or a public animal shelter is the one displaying them, none of the adoption or space fees flow to the host pet shop or any affiliated business, the pet shop holds no ownership interest in any animal on display, and the total fees charged for adopting any single dog or cat do not exceed $500.

The ordinance carves out private residences, animal shelters, county fairs, animal exhibitions and shows, and 4-H activities from both prohibitions. The county adopted the current sale and display rules by Ordinance 06/2023 on May 23, 2023, layered onto the older 1992 public-property sale ban. Each sale, offer for sale, or unit of display space used in violation counts as its own separate offense, so a pet shop running an unauthorized adoption event over several days can rack up one violation per animal or per day the space is used.