Animal Ordinances in Alameda County, CA (2026)

Alameda County Code § 5.12.090

Any person desiring to keep or maintain, or keeping or maintaining: A. Any commercial fur bearing animals, any poultry, rabbit, goat, cow, sheep, horse, mule, pony or similar livestock on any premises, in all zoning districts, except those districts designated "A" (agriculture)...; or B. More than seventy-five (75) poultry and rabbits...in any zoning district designated "A" (agriculture) shall ...

Alameda County Code § 5.08.010

No owner or keeper of a dog shall allow or permit such dog, whether licensed or unlicensed, to be or run at large in or upon any public place or premises, or in or upon any private place or premises other than those of said owner or keeper except with the consent of the person in charge of said private place or premises, unless such dog is securely restrained by a substantial leash not to excee...

California Food & Agricultural Code § 31683

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a city or county from adopting or enforcing its own program for the control of potentially dangerous or vicious dogs that may incorporate all, part, or none of this chapter, or that may punish a violation of this chapter as a misdemeanor or may impose a more restrictive program to control potentially dangerous or vicious dogs. Except as prov...

California Food & Agricultural Code § 29040

Every person that is the owner, broker, or is in possession of an apiary that is located within the state, on the first day of January of each year, shall register the number of colonies in each apiary that is owned or possessed by the person and the location of each apiary. Every person required to register under this article, shall do so on the first day of January of each year in which they ...

Alameda County Code § 5.28.030

No person shall own or keep any exotic animal without first applying to and receiving from the director a permit to do so. The application for a permit shall contain the name of the applicant, his address, the address of the proposed location of the exotic animal, if different from the applicant's, and a brief description of the applicant's plan for keeping the exotic animal which shall incl...

California Department of Fish and Wildlife — Keep Me Wild

Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) can occur when humans encounter or interact with wild animals in an unwanted or unsafe way. In California, habitat loss and a changing climate have increased the frequency and type of HWC reported to CDFW. It has become more common for people to be "living with wildlife" as communities grow along the urban-wildlands interface and wildlife look for limited resources...

Alameda County Code § 5.08.100

Any dog or cat over the age of six months adopted from a county operated animal shelter shall be spayed or neutered before transfer of possession of the animal to the new owner who shall pay the cost of the surgery. The veterinarian who performs the surgery on a dog at the time of adoption shall inoculate the dog with a canine antirabies vaccine, the cost of which shall also be paid by the new ...