Jurupa Valley, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Jurupa Valley, CA, also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances, define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Key Facts
- Standard
- Excessive, unrelenting, habitual noise
- Step 1
- Written warning notice
- Step 2 (within 12 months)
- Sworn complaint, hearing
- Enforcing agency
- Riverside County Animal Services
- Exemption
- On-duty police dogs
Summary
Excessive, unrelenting, or habitual barking that disturbs the neighborhood is a public nuisance in Jurupa Valley, handled through a Riverside County Animal Services warning-notice and administrative hearing process rather than a decibel standard.
Noisy Animal. Any animal or animals maintained on the same premises or location whose excessive, unrelenting or habitual barking, howling, crying or other noises or sounds annoy or become offensive to a resident or residents in the vicinity thereby disturbing the peace of the neighborhood or causing excessive discomfort to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity hearing such sounds. ... Section 6. GENERAL PROHIBITION. DECLARATION OF NOISY ANIMAL AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. a. It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to allow on their property, own, keep, permit, harbor or have in their care, custody or control a Noisy Animal. b. It is unlawful for the Responsible Party, after being informed in writing that his animal has been declared a Noisy Animal and that the maintenance of a Noisy Animal is a public nuisance, to fail, refuse or neglect to take whatever steps or use whatever means are necessary to assure that such Noisy Animal does not again disturb residents in the vicinity in which the Noisy Animal is kept.
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code Chapter 10.20, which carries forward Riverside County Ordinance No. 878 as adopted at incorporation, defines a noisy animal as one whose excessive, unrelenting, or habitual barking, howling, or crying disturbs the peace of a reasonable person of normal sensitivity. After a confirmed complaint, an animal control officer issues a written warning notice; a second complaint within 12 months triggers a sworn declaration from the complainant and an administrative hearing held 10 to 30 days later. A hearing officer can order containment indoors, other abatement measures, and civil penalties. Riverside County Department of Animal Services, headquartered at 6851 Van Buren Boulevard in Jurupa Valley, administers the process. On-duty law enforcement dogs are exempt.
Violations & Fines
Keeping a noisy animal is an abatable public nuisance; ignoring a written declaration or an abatement order brings administrative citations and penalties, civil action by the county, and potential misdemeanor enforcement under the general code enforcement chapters.
Frequently Asked Questions
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