Animal Ordinances in California (2026)

California Food and Agricultural Code section 16902 forbids any owner from willfully or negligently letting livestock…

Carson's zoning code prohibits residents from keeping livestock or fowl, including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and…

Lake Forest, California, treats keeping bees or livestock on residential property as a declared public nuisance, though…

Unincorporated Alameda County requires an animal fanciers permit to keep poultry, rabbits, or other livestock in…

Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, and burros are allowed in Bakersfield only within the R-S (Residential Suburban)…

Berkeley allows backyard chickens and rabbits, but the coop must sit at least 25 feet from any neighboring dwelling…

Burbank bans crowing roosters on residential property and caps birds, fowl, rabbits, and chinchillas at 25 (combined)…

Ceres bans livestock outright in its standard R-1 single-family zone. Backyard chickens, goats, horses and other farm…

Compton limits chickens, poultry and livestock to the Residential Agriculture (R-A) zone only; the low-, medium- and…

Costa Mesa bans keeping livestock, including poultry, anywhere in the city unless the owner first applies to the police…

Daly City bans roosters (Section 6.08.080) and all pigs, hogs, and swine (Section 6.08.040) anywhere in the city…

Dublin, California treats backyard poultry and other livestock as a permitted accessory use only with a City-issued…

Poultry is banned outright on residential lots under 7,000 square feet and in every duplex, apartment, condominium or…

Garden Grove bans roosters and livestock like cattle, sheep, swine, and horses citywide under Municipal Code Section…

Hesperia bans cattle, hogs and general small livestock on Single-Family Residence (R1) lots, allowing them back only…

Chickens, rabbits, goats, pigeons, ducks, geese, turkeys, and other fowl are banned outright in most of Inglewood…

Keeping an equine, bovine, swine, sheep or goat inside Irvine requires a livestock permit from the Director of Public…

Lancaster's zoning code bars backyard poultry, including chickens, from the R, MDR and HDR residential zones, where the…

Livermore Municipal Code § 6.04.020 makes it unlawful to keep any fowl or livestock, including backyard chickens…

Long Beach caps residential goat-keeping at exactly two goats per property under LBMC § 6.20.170, and every goat…

Los Banos bans traditional livestock outright inside city limits and treats chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and small…

Manteca requires a city permit to keep goats, sheep, cows, or horses, and bans pens within 50 feet of schools…

Merced caps residential livestock and poultry keeping at two animals per lot, bans hog pens and beekeeping outside…

Monterey bans roosters citywide starting August 1, 2026, and requires hens to be kept in a secure, escape-proof…

Napa County Code Chapter 6.18 (Keeping of Roosters), as amended by Ordinance 1431 effective Feb. 1, 2026, prohibits…

Newport Beach bans keeping cows, pigs, goats, horses, mules, poultry, or any other animal commonly considered livestock…

Norwalk allows backyard chickens, ducks, turkeys and similar fowl only on residential-horse-property (R-H) zoned lots…

Oakland caps residential livestock at three animals per property. Keep more than three cattle, sheep, swine, goats…

Unincorporated Orange County limits crowing fowl, roosters and similar birds, to lots zoned A1 General Agriculture…

Palm Springs treats chickens, roosters, ducks, geese and other farm animals as 'livestock,' not household pets, and its…

Pasadena caps backyard flocks at 10 birds or rabbits total, bans roosters outright, and requires registering chickens…

Horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys and similar large animals are allowed in Perris only if the property is…

Rancho Cordova allows up to six hens, no roosters, on residential lots zoned RD-3 through RD-7, but only under a permit…

Redding lets residents keep chickens, ducks, geese and other fowl, but only 40 feet from any occupied dwelling other…

Redwood City allows up to three chickens or rabbits (or a combination of three) as pets in a clean, confined coop or…

Rohnert Park bars keeping livestock, a term the code defines to include chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, anywhere…

Salinas Municipal Code Section 7-21 prohibits keeping livestock anywhere in the city, and its definition of 'livestock'…

Keeping horses, cows, goats or other livestock in San Francisco requires a stable permit from the Department of Public…

San Rafael requires a city permit before keeping chickens, ducks, rabbits, cows, goats, sheep or other farm animals…

Santa Ana caps backyard fowl and rabbits at four total per property before a special permit is required, and bans…

To keep chickens or other farm animals in Simi Valley, the parcel must be inside the City's Animal (A) Overlay Zone (or…

Stockton bans hogs, pigs, roosters and cockerels outright, anywhere in the City, under § 6.04.440. Hens and other fowl…

Union City classifies chickens and other fowl as "exotic animals," so keeping them requires a City Manager permit…

In the City of Ventura, keeping chickens or other fowl as livestock in the R-1 single-family zone requires a lot of at…

Whittier only allows chickens, other fowl, and livestock in the R-E residential-estate zone, and only with a minor…

Alameda caps most properties at six chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or other domestic fowl, and any enclosure housing…

Alhambra adopts L.A. County Title 10. County Code 10.08.170 defines livestock as including swine, cattle, equines…

Anaheim caps backyard poultry and rabbits at one animal per 1,800 square feet of lot area and bans roosters and…

Antioch households may keep up to ten total ducks, geese, chickens or other fowl without a permit; going over that…

Baldwin Park allows up to three hen chickens and up to ten other birds outside the home, but only on lots zoned…

In Bellflower's Agricultural Estate (A-E) zone, § 17.20.030(B) caps farm-animal keeping at one animal unit per 5,000…

Bishop treats horses, cattle, sheep, goats and similar animals as "animals" that must be kept in a substantial…

In unincorporated San Diego County, hens and livestock are allowed by zoning density and setback rules. Roosters are…

Brentwood limits chickens, rabbits, and livestock to residential zones that allow them, with strict numeric caps and…

Buena Park requires a ministerial permit from Community and Economic Development before keeping chickens in RS…

Butte County Zoning § 24-158 allows animal keeping on parcels of at least one acre, generally at one animal unit per…

Calaveras County caps backyard hens and rabbits at eight animals on an R-1 lot of at least 4,000 square feet, bans…

In Camarillo's R-1 single-family zone, a household may keep up to five poultry and four adult rabbits, but roosters…

In Carlsbad's E-A Exclusive Agricultural zone, up to 25 chickens or other small animals are allowed by right if kept 75…

Chico allows horses, cattle, goats, and other livestock on residential-zoned lots, but ties the number allowed to…

Chino allows horses, goats, sheep, and other livestock only in the RD-1 and RD-2 zoning districts, at set…

Chino Hills Municipal Code § 6.12.060 sets the accessory animal-raising limits for hens and other small fowl kept…

Chula Vista lets residents keep a limited number of horses, cows or sheep only on large lots and only far from…

Clovis zoning limits backyard poultry, rabbits and small furbearing animals to the R-R, R-A and R-1-A districts, with…

Colusa County's residential and transitional zones run livestock and poultry through an animal density point system…

Chapter 82-50 (Urban Farm Animals) of the County Ordinance Code permits residents in unincorporated single-family and…

Corona lets homeowners in single-family zones keep female chickens over six months old on lots of at least 5,000 square…

Cupertino allows unlimited geese, ducks, chickens and rabbits on Residential Hillside (RHS) lots of one acre or more…

Davis bans cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats and most poultry outright, but residents may keep up to six chicken…

Delano's Right-to-Farm provisions (DC §20.10.270) protect commercial agricultural operations from nuisance claims by…

Downey allows chickens, rabbits and pigeons in any combination up to five per lot under Municipal Code Section…

Eastvale lets residents keep up to six crowing roosters without a permit, but seven or more requires a permit from…

El Cajon allows chickens, but not roosters, at any single-family or RM-6000 lot, requiring a fully enclosed run with at…

El Dorado County allows small animals like chickens and rabbits on most residential lots under Section 130.40.080, but…

El Monte allows poultry, rabbits and bees on any R-1B or R-1C lot, and horses, goats, sheep and a family cow on larger…

Elk Grove allows up to six chickens by right on residential lots, or twelve with a 40-foot buffer from neighboring…

Escondido lets R-A and R-E property owners keep up to 25 chickens, ducks or other domesticated fowl raised for meat or…

Fairfield caps backyard fowl at three chickens, geese, ducks or turkeys citywide under Section 3.22.1, and bars cows…

Sacramento County allows backyard chickens in residential zones with restrictions. On lots under 10,000 sq ft, the…

Folsom allows up to six chickens (no roosters) plus two ducks, pigeons, or rabbits per residential lot outside…

Keeping more than 50 chickens or other birds on one property in Fontana makes it a regulated 'poultry ranch' that needs…

Fremont bans roosters and livestock on residential lots outright, and limits chickens to properties over 6,000 square…

Fresno lets residential parcels larger than 36,000 square feet keep horses, cows, goats, sheep, and other large…

Fresno County's Zoning Ordinance caps backyard poultry at 24 hens (no roosters) in the R-1-A and R-1-AH residential…

Glendale caps most households at 12 rabbits, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons or pheasants combined within 300…

Unincorporated Glenn County lets landowners in its Foothill Agricultural/Forestry (FA) zone raise livestock and keep…

Hanford allows up to three chickens per residential lot in the R-L-12, R-L-8, R-L-5, and single-family R-M zones, but…

Hawthorne bans crowing roosters outright on residential, church or educational-use property and caps domestic fowl at…

Hayward lets households keep up to four hens, ducks, pigeons, or rabbits with a Zoning Conformance Permit under Section…

Hemet's zoning code (HMC Sec. 90-77) governs livestock by zone and lot size. Sheep and goats are allowed mainly in…

In unincorporated Humboldt County, the keeping of chickens, poultry, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and other livestock…

Huntington Beach caps backyard fowl at six total chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, doves, pigeons or squabs…

Imperial County's R-1 zone caps backyard chickens, rabbits and birds at five total per lot for hobby use in enclosed…

Indio allows cattle, horses, goats, and other large livestock on qualifying residential lots, but shelters must sit 75…

Jurupa Valley, an equestrian-lifestyle city, allows horses, chickens, and livestock in many residential zones subject…

In unincorporated Kern County, poultry and livestock keeping is tied to zoning: § 19.60.020 permits it in the…

Kings County allows livestock keeping incidental to a residence in RR, R-1, and RM districts, but any structure housing…

In Lake County's Suburban Reserve (SR) zoning district, small livestock and poultry are capped by a density formula…

Lakewood Municipal Code Part 9 sets a hard distance rule for keeping fowl, rabbits or other animals: 35 feet from any…

Lodi allows up to five poultry animals per residential lot, capped at two ducks, but bans livestock like horses, goats…

Los Angeles limits rooster ownership to one per premises; existing owners of multiple roosters could seek a one-time…

Chickens, fowl, and other non-household animals must be kept at least 35 feet from any residence in unincorporated Los…

Madera Municipal Code Section 5-1.31 caps livestock, a list that explicitly includes chickens, ducks and rabbits along…

Unincorporated Madera County residential zones allow noncommercial poultry and rabbits on lots of one acre or more…

In unincorporated Marin County, the Development Code (Title 22, Chapter 22.32) permits the keeping of up to 12 fowl…

Mendocino County limits personal chicken and rabbit keeping to six birds or rabbits total on parcels of 40,000 square…

Merced County treats backyard chickens and other fowl as 'livestock' under its animal control code, which bars…

Mission Viejo lets residents keep livestock, defined to include poultry along with cattle, goats, swine, sheep and…

Modesto Municipal Code § 10-3.202 allows up to 12 domestic fowl (hens only - no roosters), plus 2 pygmy goats and 2…

Keeping chickens in unincorporated Monterey County is governed by zoning. The County's low-density residential rules…

Moorpark allows backyard chickens, ducks and game hens on lots of 6,000+ square feet at one bird per 2,000 square feet…

Moreno Valley allows poultry and fowl on residential lots zoned RR, HR, R-1, RA-2 or AG, but only on parcels of 20,000…

Mountain View bans keeping livestock in any R (residential) district and makes it unlawful to keep chickens, ducks…

Murrieta permits backyard chickens in the RR, ER, and SF1 zoning districts under Development Code Table 16.44.040-1…

Unincorporated Nevada County allows backyard chickens in RA and R1 zoning on lots under 0.5 acre, scaled by lot size: 4…

In Oceanside's Agricultural (A) District, keeping more than 100 chickens or other small domestic fowl for egg…

Ontario allows poultry, fowl, and livestock only as residential animal keeping in the AR-2, RE-2, and AG zones…

Orange allows up to six poultry on standard residential lots but bans roosters outright and prohibits poultry-hatching…

Oxnard caps rabbits and poultry, chickens included, at 25 total per property in residential and commercial zones under…

Keeping chicken roosters, homing pigeons, horses, or other livestock anywhere in the City of Pacifica requires a permit…

Palmdale allows poultry and fowl, minus roosters and peafowl, on any residential lot of at least 20,000 square feet…

Petaluma lets residents keep domestic fowl like chickens if the coop sits at least 25 feet from any neighboring…

Pleasanton's R-1 single-family zoning permits keeping household pets "including up to six female chickens" by right, no…

Pomona's Zoning and Development Code sets numeric limits for backyard chickens, rabbits, pigs, goats, and sheep under…

Non-crowing poultry and rabbits are allowed in all residential zones, from 4 birds on 7,200-9,999 sq ft lots up to 25…

Redlands allows hens and small livestock as an accessory use to a single-family home under Redlands City Code section…

Roosters and other noisy fowl are prohibited as a public nuisance, and barnyard animals such as pigs, goats, and sheep…

Ridgecrest limits backyard chickens and livestock to its Primary Agriculture (PA) zoning district in Kern County…

Riverside's Municipal Code caps non-commercial poultry keeping at five birds in RE and R-1 single-family zones, with a…

Unincorporated Riverside County R-1 lots allow horses only on parcels of 20,000 square feet or more, capped at two per…

Roseville caps backyard poultry at 10 birds total, in any mix of ducks, chickens, or pigeons, and bans geese and…

Sacramento allows up to three hen chickens per residential lot, but only under an annual permit from the animal care…

Unincorporated Sacramento County allows backyard chickens and other egg-laying fowl on lots under 10,000 square feet at…

Unincorporated San Benito County allows up to 12 small farm animals, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, goats, sheep and…

Chickens and other domestic fowl must stay at least 50 feet from any occupied building, with a hard cap of 24 birds per…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County lets single-family lots under 7,200 square feet keep two hens as an accessory use…

Chickens and other fowl kept at a San Clemente residence must stay at least 100 feet from any neighboring residential…

San Diego permits up to 5 chickens (hens only, no roosters) on single-family lots under SDMC Section 42.0709. Coop must…

Unincorporated San Diego County caps livestock and farm-animal numbers by zone through the Zoning Ordinance's Animal…

San Jose allows up to six chickens or other small animals without a permit, but a permit is required above that or for…

San Leandro allows up to four chickens by right on parcels of 4,500 square feet or larger, and up to 10 with an Animal…

Keeping chickens, poultry, horses, and other livestock in unincorporated SLO County is regulated by the Land Use…

San Marcos caps backyard chickens at four hens per lot in the R-1-7.5 and R-1-10 single-family zones, rising to…

Unincorporated San Mateo County R-1 lots may keep a small number of chickens and ducks by right, up to six on parcels…

San Ramon lets residential lots of 6,000 square feet or more keep up to five hens, no roosters, if the property has…

Santa Clara's General Code caps backyard fowl and livestock at six animals per property under § 6.15.070(a), covering…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County allows up to four roosters without a permit, but keeping five or more requires an…

Santa Clarita lets small lots keep hens outright, but roosters are barred unless the parcel is larger than one acre…

Zoning rules at SCCC § 13.10.645 cap backyard poultry and other small animals at two per 1,000 square feet of parcel in…

Santa Maria Municipal Code Chapter 5-3, Article 8 (Livestock) bans hogs, swine, stallions, and bulls inside the city…

Santa Rosa City Code Section 20-42.040 allows hens (no roosters) on any residential lot, with a sliding-scale limit of…

In Shasta County's Limited Agriculture (A-1) district, keeping chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or rabbits is capped at…

In unincorporated Solano County, keeping chickens and other fowl is regulated through the County zoning code (Chapter…

The City of Sonoma allows backyard hens under Sonoma Municipal Code § 8.08.030's Table 1: up to 16 hens on lots under…

Keeping chickens and small livestock in unincorporated Sonoma County is governed by the Zoning Code's animal-density…

South Gate bans keeping livestock, cattle, goats, hogs, sheep, horses, loose or tied in streets and requires them…

In Stanislaus County's Rural Residential (R-A) district, any building used for keeping livestock or poultry must sit at…

Sunnyvale bans livestock outright in residential zones and caps chickens and other small animals at six per property…

Livestock keeping in unincorporated Sutter County is set by the Zoning Code. Large animals like cattle, horses, and…

Tehama County allows non-commercial poultry and rabbit keeping on rural residential parcels combined with the county's…

Temecula lets residents keep poultry and large or small livestock by right, with limits tied to lot size and zoning…

Thousand Oaks allows residents to keep livestock such as goats, sheep, pigs, and horses, but sets a minimum 40-foot…

Tracy allows backyard chickens and rabbits, but bans keeping them within 25 feet of any dwelling, school, church, or…

Turlock residential parcels may keep up to six domesticated fowl, but no rooster is allowed at any residence, and fowl…

Upland caps backyard chicken flocks at five birds and confines the allowance to the city's single-family residential…

Vacaville bars roosters, ducks, turkeys, geese, and other livestock or cloven-hoofed animals on any parcel under one…

Vallejo caps backyard chicken flocks at ten birds regardless of lot size and bans roosters citywide except on farms in…

Unincorporated Ventura County lets R-1 lots keep chickens under Sec. 8105-4, but bans roosters, peafowl and guinea fowl…

Victorville allows poultry, geese, goats and other livestock only on lots larger than half-acre gross, and only after…

Vista's R-1 residential zoning caps hens and rabbits at two per lot under Municipal Code Section 18.28.010(F), while…

West Covina lets any single-family residential lot keep up to six poultry or fowl, but roosters are prohibited…

West Sacramento requires at least one acre of land to keep large livestock such as horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs, with…

Westminster caps households at six chickens, and any coop must sit at least fifty feet from a neighbor's dwelling…

Yolo County Zoning Code § 8-2.506 lets all residential zones keep up to four small domestic animals (dogs, cats…

On lots of a half-acre or less, Yuba City allows up to 12 chicken hens (no roosters), rabbits, guinea pigs or similar…

Outside Marysville and Wheatland, county code keeps barns, coops, and corrals at least 50 feet from neighboring homes…

Hercules has no chicken-count or livestock-specific ordinance of its own: Municipal Code Section 5-1.01 adopts Contra…

Menifee's Development Code allows up to 4 hens or ducks on residential lots as small as 7,200 sq ft and up to 12 (or 50…

Placer County's 2011 Fowl and Poultry Ordinance allows up to six chicken hens in Residential Single-Family…

In unincorporated Santa Barbara County, chickens and poultry are regulated as "small non-hoofed animals" under the…

Under Santa Cruz zoning code 24.12.630, family farm animals (including poultry) may be kept only on a residential lot…

Up to thirteen fowl of any kind may be kept without a permit; pigs, bulls, and billy goats require a permit and must…

Tulare County's animal control code (Chapter 4-7) treats fowl and common farm animals as livestock and domestic animals…

Under Visalia Municipal Code section 17.12.020, livestock keeping (excluding pigs) is permitted in the R-1-20 zone…

Livestock such as horses, cattle, sheep, and goats are permitted only in Oakley's agricultural-residential and…

Santa Cruz §8.14.320 makes it unlawful for any dog owner to permit a dog to be off the owner's premises unless securely…

Bishop requires dogs off the owner's premises to be under restraint by a leash no longer than six feet. Dogs may not…

Alameda law makes it unlawful for a dog to be on any public street, alley or public place unless it is on a rope, chain…

Alameda County bars dogs from running at large in unincorporated areas, including Castro Valley and San Lorenzo, and…

Anaheim requires dogs in its public parks to stay on a leash, chain or other restraint no longer than six feet, with…

Antioch bans letting a dog run at large: AMC § 6-1.102 defines "at large" as unsecured on the owner's property or off a…

Apple Valley bars dogs from running at large on any public street, park, school ground or unenclosed private lot…

It's unlawful for any dog, licensed or not, to stray, run, or otherwise be at large on any Bakersfield street…

Baldwin Park bars dogs and cats from public parks unless they are leashed and under an owner's full control. Municipal…

Bellflower requires any dog off its owner's premises to be restrained on a leash no longer than six feet and…

Berkeley requires dogs to be on a substantial leash no longer than six feet in public unless they are inside a…

Dogs in Brentwood city parks must be leashed with a lead no longer than six feet, except in designated off-leash areas…

Buena Park, California law bars any dog owner or handler from letting a dog onto a public street, sidewalk, park…

Butte County bans dogs from running loose under Section 4-1, and Section 4-1.5 adds a specific leash standard for the…

Calaveras County bars owners from letting a dog run at large: off the owner's property and not on a leash or under…

Camarillo dogs must be on a leash no longer than six feet, held continuously by a person capable of controlling the…

Carlsbad enforces San Diego County's leash law by reference: owners must at all times prevent their dog from being "At…

Carson requires dogs in city parks to be leashed at all times, except in posted off-leash dog park areas and for…

Chico bans letting a dog run at large, on or off leash, in public or on someone else's property, unless it's in a…

Chino bans dogs from running loose on streets or other people's property, requiring restraint by a chain or leash no…

Any dog on a Chino Hills street, alley, public place, or unenclosed lot must be on a cord, chain, or leash no longer…

Chula Vista requires dogs to be leashed or confined whenever off the owner's property under CVMC 6.24.020 and 6.24.030…

Clovis Municipal Code § 6.1.307 bars owners from letting any animal, except a spayed or neutered cat, run at large in…

Dogs are the only animal allowed into a Compton public park or recreation center without a special permit, and only…

Corona dogs must stay on the owner's property or on a leash no longer than six feet whenever they are on public…

Costa Mesa requires every dog on a street, alley, park or other public place to be on a leash or chain no longer than…

Cupertino requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a leash or behind a fence at least six feet high, and…

Davis defines a dog as 'at large' when it is off its owner's property and not under leash restraint. Exceptions exist…

Downey Municipal Code Section 4230 requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a leash no longer than six…

Dublin, California bars dogs from running at large anywhere in the city and requires a leash no longer than six feet…

Eastvale bans letting a dog run at large, defined in Municipal Code Sec. 18.08.010 as being off the owner's property…

El Cajon bans dogs from running at large anywhere in the city. Municipal Code Section 6.12.020 makes it unlawful for an…

El Dorado County bans letting any dog, other animal or livestock run at large on public streets or unenclosed private…

Elk Grove bans letting a dog run loose in public under EGMC § 8.02.060: any dog off its owner's property is presumed at…

Escondido bans dogs and other domestic animals from city recreational areas unless a sign allows them, a permit is…

Fairfield dogs must be on a leash no longer than six feet whenever they are off their owner's own property, under…

A Folsom dog must stay on its owner's property or under leash control everywhere else in the city under Municipal Code…

Fontana bars dog owners from taking their dog off the property unless it wears a leash no longer than six feet under a…

Fremont requires dogs in public places to be on a leash no longer than six feet under Municipal Code Section…

Fresno Municipal Code Section 10-308 bars any animal except a cat from being at large anywhere in the city, and Section…

In unincorporated Fresno County it is unlawful to let a dog off the owner's property unless the dog is on a leash…

Inside Fullerton parks, dogs may only go where posted "Domestic Animals Permitted" signs allow, and where they are…

Garden Grove requires every dog on private property to be restrained by a fence, wall, substantial chain, or leash no…

Glendale Municipal Code Section 6.04.190 declares any dog or other non-cat animal running loose on a public street…

Glenn County Code Section 8.04.075 makes it unlawful in the unincorporated county for an owner or custodian to let a…

Hanford, California requires every dog to be kept under restraint at all times; an unrestrained dog is legally running…

Hayward requires every dog off its owner's property to be under a leash, chain or similar restraint no longer than six…

Hesperia bars any animal from running at large in public and requires dogs taken off their own property to be…

Huntington Beach requires dogs in city parks to be physically restrained by a leash no longer than six feet under…

Imperial County bans dogs running at large in the unincorporated area; off the owner's own premises a dog must be on a…

Indio's Parks Ordinance requires dogs to be on a leash anywhere in a city park, with off-leash access allowed only in…

Inglewood has no separate homegrown leash statute; instead IMC Sec. 4-13 adopts the Los Angeles County Animal Control…

Irvine requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a leash no longer than six feet and handled by a competent…

Dogs in unincorporated Kings County must be on a leash held continuously by a capable handler whenever off the owner's…

Lake County requires dog owners in the unincorporated area to keep their dog on their own premises unless it is…

Dogs in Lancaster's parks and public places must stay on a leash or chain no longer than six feet and under the owner's…

Livermore bars dogs from running loose in public or on someone else's property under LMC § 6.12.140. A dog off its…

Lodi bars dogs and other domesticated animals from running at large anywhere in the city under Municipal Code Section…

LBMC § 6.16.100 requires a dog on any public street, sidewalk, park, or private property open to the public to be on a…

Dogs must be kept on a leash no longer than six feet on all public property and common areas of private property in…

Los Banos law makes it unlawful to let a dog or other animal run at large on any public street, road, alley, park or…

Madera Municipal Code Section 5-1.28 bars dogs from running loose on any public street, park or unenclosed private…

Unincorporated Madera County bars dogs from running loose on public streets, parks or private property without…

Manteca bans dogs at large anywhere in the city and sets the legal definition of restrained: a chain, strap, or cord no…

Marin County bans dogs from running at large in parks, schools, commercial districts, game refuges and public watershed…

Mendocino County bans letting dogs run at large or roam off their owner's property, and any dog on public property must…

Menifee bars any dog from running at large, and its Municipal Code Section 10.04.01 defines "at large" to require…

Merced dogs off their owner's property must be on a leash or lead no longer than eight feet. Letting a dog run at large…

Merced County requires any dog off its owner's private property to be on a leash or lead no longer than eight feet. The…

Modesto Code Section 5-4.203(a) bars dogs from any public street, alley, park, parkway or City property unless leashed…

Monterey requires every dog to be led or restrained by a chain, strap, rope or cord actually held by a person or tied…

It is unlawful for any owner or custodian to let a dog run at-large in unincorporated Monterey County, licensed or not…

Moorpark requires every dog to be on a continuously held leash whenever off the owner's own property, on public or…

Moreno Valley bans letting any animal except a cat "run at large" within the city under Section 10.02.080, covering…

Mountain View requires every dog owner to keep their dog on a leash no longer than six feet, or confined behind a fence…

Murrieta Development Code Section 16.44.040(E)(3) makes it a violation to let any animal run at large, defined as being…

Newport Beach requires dogs on any beach, street, alley, public place or another person's private property to be on a…

A Norwalk dog off its owner's property must be on a strong leash no longer than six feet, held continuously by a…

Dogs in Oakland must be on a leash no longer than six feet on public property, with off-leash access limited to…

Oceanside dogs must be on a leash no longer than six feet and under effective control anywhere off the owner's own…

Ontario requires every dog off its owner's own property to be held on a leash no longer than six feet, controlled by a…

Dogs on any Orange public street, sidewalk, park or public place must stay on a secure leash no more than six feet…

In unincorporated Orange County, dogs on public property must be on a chain or leash no longer than six feet and under…

Oxnard requires every dog to be securely leashed and under continuous, capable control whenever it is on a public…

In the City of Pacifica, dogs off their owner's property must be controlled by a chain, lead rope, or leash attached to…

Every dog in Palm Springs must be on a leash no longer than six feet whenever it leaves its owner's premises, held by…

Palmdale requires dogs and cats to be kept on a leash or chain no longer than six feet at all times on park property…

Pasadena requires every dog off its owner's property to be confined by a leash no longer than six feet under Municipal…

Perris dogs must be physically restrained at all times: behind a fence or wall at home, or on a leash no longer than…

Petaluma requires every dog off its owner's property to be under physical restraint by a leash no longer than six feet…

Dog and other animal owners in unincorporated Placer County may not let their animals run at large. County Code §…

Pleasanton bans letting any dog, licensed or not, run at large. The code defines "at large" as off the owner's property…

Pomona requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a chain or leash no longer than six feet and under the…

Rancho Cordova bars owners from letting any animal, other than a domestic cat, run without a leash or on a leash longer…

Dogs and cats must be on a leash and under full control while in any Rancho Cucamonga park, recreational trail or city…

Letting any animal run loose in Redding is a declared nuisance and a misdemeanor under RMC § 7.04.050, unless the…

Redlands makes it unlawful for a dog's owner or custodian to let it run loose or unrestrained on any public street…

Redondo Beach requires every dog to be restrained by a chain or leash no longer than six feet, controlled by a…

Dogs entering any Redwood City park must be led by a leash no longer than six feet, except in areas officially…

Rialto bans dogs running loose in public places without a leash, the only exception being a city-approved off-leash dog…

Ridgecrest requires every dog to be fastened by chain, rope, harness, or leash unless it is confined securely on…

Riverside bans letting a dog run at large on any street, public place, unenclosed lot, or another person's property…

Riverside County bans letting a dog run at large in the unincorporated area. Section 6.08.140 makes it unlawful to…

Rohnert Park bars dogs from any public street, road, alley, or public place unless leashed to no more than six feet or…

Roseville bans letting a dog run at large under the city's 'leash law,' Municipal Code Sec. 7.12.010. Off an owner's…

Sacramento requires dogs to be leashed or tethered whenever off their owner's property, and even on the owner's own…

Dogs that leave their owner's property must be on a leash no longer than eight feet, with narrow exceptions for law…

Salinas Municipal Code Section 7-1 makes it unlawful for any dog or other animal to run at large anywhere in the city…

In unincorporated San Benito County, dogs must be restrained by a leash, chain, strap, or cord no longer than eight…

Dogs and other animals must stay on a leash, secured by another suitable restraint, or confined by fence at all times…

Dogs may not leave their owner's property in unincorporated San Bernardino County unless leashed and controlled by a…

San Clemente requires every dog off its owner's property to be on a leash or chain no longer than six feet, unless it…

San Diego has no standalone leash ordinance of its own. SDMC § 44.0300 adopts the County of San Diego's Animal Control…

Dogs in unincorporated San Diego County must be leashed, under direct voice control, or enclosed at all times: letting…

San Francisco requires dogs to be restrained by a leash of no more than 8 feet whenever they are off their owner's…

In San Joaquin County's unincorporated Residential and Rural Residential zones, dogs must be leashed in public and…

San Jose dogs must be on a leash no longer than six feet on streets, sidewalks, and most public and shared private…

San Leandro dogs cannot run loose off their owner's property. SLMC § 4-11-300 requires a leash no longer than six feet…

Dogs in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County must be leashed or heeling under direct control on any public roadway…

San Marcos requires every animal owner to keep their pet on a leash, tether, in an electronic containment system, under…

Unincorporated San Mateo County requires every dog off its owner's enclosed property to be on a leash. Ordinance Code…

San Rafael requires every dog off its owner's property to be secured on a leash of reasonable length under SRMC…

San Ramon requires every dog, cat, or other animal brought into a city park facility to stay leashed and under an…

Santa Ana requires every dog off its owner's property to wear a current license tag and stay on a leash strong enough…

Dogs and other animals in unincorporated Santa Barbara County must be kept under restraint whenever they're on public…

Santa Clara's General Code requires every dog owner to keep the dog under physical restraint on a leash no longer than…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County requires every dog to be on a leash no longer than six feet or fenced behind a…

Santa Clarita prohibits letting a dog run loose on any street, public place or private property that isn't the owner's…

Off the owner's own property, every dog in unincorporated Santa Cruz County must be under actual physical restraint…

Santa Maria bans letting any dog run at large on sidewalks, streets or other public places, or on private property…

Dogs on any public property must be restrained by a leash of six feet or less in fixed length, held by a competent…

Santa Rosa requires every dog on a public street, road, alley or other public place to be restrained on a leash or…

The Board of Supervisors can designate specific areas of unincorporated Shasta County as dog leash zones after a public…

Solano County bars dogs and other animals from running at large on any public street, road, alley or unenclosed lot…

In the City of Sonoma, dogs may not run at large on any public street, public place, or private property without the…

In unincorporated Sonoma County, the Animal Regulation Ordinance (County Code Chapter 5, Article X, Section 5-115)…

South Gate requires dogs off their owner's property to be on a leash no longer than six feet, held by a competent…

County code caps every leash at eight feet and bars letting an animal roam off-lead, trespass onto private property…

Letting a dog off-leash on a public street, alley or public place is unlawful in Stockton. Municipal Code § 6.04.120…

Sunnyvale requires dogs to be confined to the owner's fenced property or kept on a leash no longer than six feet…

California has no statewide leash law, so control of dogs at large in unincorporated Sutter County is handled through…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California a dog may not run at large off its owner's property; on a leash and under…

Temecula defines a dog as "at large" any time it is off its owner's property and not on a leash sized to its…

In Tracy it is unlawful to own, keep, or possess a dog anywhere in the city, licensed or not, unless the dog is kept…

Truckee Municipal Code § 8.01.420 makes it unlawful to let a dog or any other animal stray or run at large on a public…

In unincorporated Tulare County, a dog cannot leave its owner's property unless it is on a leash or lead no longer than…

Turlock dogs must be leashed to 8 feet or less and held by a responsible person on public property or unconsented…

Dogs cannot run at large in Union City; off their owner's property, they must be on a leash no longer than six feet and…

Upland Municipal Code Section 6.04.120 bars dogs (cats are exempt) from public streets, parks, sidewalks and unenclosed…

Vacaville bans dogs from running at large in any public park, school, or commercial district under VMC § 6.04.070, and…

Vallejo law requires every dog off its owner's property to be under restraint by a leash or chain no longer than eight…

In the City of Ventura, Municipal Code Section 8.50.030(A) requires any animal brought onto a public beach along the…

Dogs in unincorporated Ventura County must stay on a leash held by a capable handler on any public street, park, or…

Dogs and other animals may not run loose on any Victorville street, sidewalk or private property besides their owner's…

Vista Municipal Code Section 6.06.020 makes it unlawful for any owner to let a dog, licensed or not, run at-large on a…

West Covina requires any cat, dog or other domestic animal in a public park or public place to be on a leash no longer…

West Sacramento requires dogs in residential, commercial, or industrial areas to be leashed with a lead no longer than…

Westminster requires dogs on public property to be restrained on a substantial chain or leash no longer than six feet…

Whittier bars animals from any city park posted against them under Section 12.44.040(N), but carves out dogs on a…

In unincorporated Yolo County, a dog off its owner's own property must be restrained by a leash no longer than eight…

Any dog on a Yuba City street, sidewalk, park or other public place must be on a leash no longer than eight feet and…

Off their owner's property, Yuba County dogs must be on an eight-foot leash or under the owner's immediate control…

Alhambra adopts the Los Angeles County animal control ordinance (Title 10) by reference under Municipal Code Ch. 7.04…

Bostonia is unincorporated San Diego County, so the County Code applies. Owners must keep dogs from being 'at large' at…

Unincorporated Contra Costa County requires dogs to be leashed in public, with leashes capped at 6 feet. Dogs must be…

Hemet has no standalone leash chapter of its own. Hemet Municipal Code Sec. 10-1 adopts Riverside County Title 6…

Humboldt County Animal Control (operated by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office) enforces dog-at-large and leash rules…

Kern County requires dogs to be leashed and controlled, or confined, on public property and other people's land under…

Dogs in Los Angeles public parks must be licensed and on a leash no more than 6 feet long, or confined in a vehicle…

Mission Viejo Municipal Code Section 10.01.200 requires that any dog on public property be restrained by a substantial…

In unincorporated Nevada County, dogs and other animals may not run at large on public or private property. An animal…

Dogs must be on a leash of no more than 6 feet in all park areas outside of designated off-leash zones. Within…

California Food and Agriculture Code section 31683 preempts cities from banning specific dog breeds, though localities…

Burbank imposes no breed-specific restrictions. Its potentially-dangerous and vicious-animal rules are based on…

Corona does not enforce breed-specific legislation (BSL) banning specific dog breeds. California Food and Agriculture…

Downey Municipal Code Section 4235 defines any dog with a proven disposition to attack or bite without provocation as a…

Lancaster singles out Pit Bulls and Rottweilers as 'restricted dogs' and requires every unaltered one to be spayed or…

Menifee has no breed-specific restrictions -- no breed of dog is banned or specially regulated. The City's…

Napa County does not ban any dog breed. California Food & Agricultural Code 31683 prohibits cities and counties from…

Oakley applies California's behavior-based dangerous dog laws under Food & Agricultural Code Section 31601+…

Orange County does not ban any dog breed. California Food & Agricultural Code 31683 prohibits cities and counties from…

California preempts all local breed-specific legislation (Food & Ag Code §31683). Palmdale cannot ban any dog breed…

California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 preempts breed-specific dog bans. San Bernardino can require spay and…

San Diego does not impose breed-specific legislation (BSL). No dog breeds are banned. California state law (Food &…

San Marcos does not impose breed-specific legislation or ban any particular dog breeds. California state law (Food and…

Santa Clarita does not ban any dog breeds. California state law (Food & Agriculture Code 31683) prohibits…

No Santa Cruz-specific ordinance restricts dogs by breed; California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 preempts…

Neither Sonora nor Tuolumne County impose breed-specific legislation. No dog breeds are banned. Individual dogs of any…

Tracy does not have breed-specific legislation. California Food & Agricultural Code §31683 prohibits cities from…

Vacaville has no breed-specific dog ordinance. California Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 prohibits any local…

Alameda regulates dangerous dogs by behavior, not breed: California law bars breed-specific ordinances. A dog that…

Apple Valley has no ordinance that targets pit bulls or any other breed; state Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683…

Bellflower has no breed-specific ordinance; a dog is declared wild or vicious only after a proven disposition to attack…

Buena Park, California requires a city permit before anyone may keep a dog that has been declared "potentially…

Calaveras County doesn't ban any dog breed. Chapter 6.12 targets individual dogs based on documented behavior, letting…

California law bars Carlsbad from banning or restricting dogs by breed: Food and Agricultural Code § 31683 lets cities…

Chino Hills has no breed-specific dog ordinance. CHMC § 6.16.055 instead adopts the state's…

Clovis has no ordinance singling out any dog breed. Instead, Municipal Code Article 6 (§§ 6.1.601-6.1.608) lets the…

Compton adopts LA County Animal Code (Title 10) by reference per CMC 11-1. California prohibits breed-specific bans but…

Costa Mesa doesn't ban any dog breed by name; instead Chapter VII of Title 3 judges animals by behavior, defining…

Cupertino doesn't ban dogs by breed; instead it regulates any dog, of any breed, that the City designates "potentially…

Dublin, California does not ban dog breeds. Instead, Chapter 5.36's dangerous-dog article lets the city declare an…

Eastvale requires every pit bull over four months old to be spayed or neutered under a countywide breed-specific…

El Dorado County enforces state Food and Agricultural Code sections 31601 through 31683 for potentially dangerous and…

Garden Grove does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, Municipal Code Section 6.04.120(B) lets the Director declare an…

California law, not a Glendale ordinance, sets the boundary here: Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 lets…

Hanford does not ban dogs by breed: California Food and Agricultural Code § 31683 bars breed-specific ordinances, so…

Hawthorne does not ban specific dog breeds, but it singles out any dog "trained to attack persons or animals" and…

Hayward has no breed-specific ban: a dog of any breed can be declared 'potentially dangerous' or 'dangerous' only after…

Hesperia has no breed-specific dog ban -- instead it declares individual dogs 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious'…

Imperial County has no breed ban: dangerous-animal rules under Chapter 6.16 turn on an animal's conduct, not its breed…

Irvine does not ban dog breeds by name. Instead, the Municipal Code lets the Director of Public Safety declare any dog…

Lake County has no breed-specific ban; instead it regulates any animal, of any breed, that behaves viciously. Section…

California law forbids Lakewood from writing breed-specific ordinances. Instead, Food and Agricultural Code Sections…

Lodi does not ban dog breeds by name, but Chapter 6.15 lets the police chief declare any dog 'vicious' or 'potentially…

Long Beach regulates dangerous animals by behavior, not breed: LBMC § 6.16.250 defines a "vicious animal" as one that…

Los Angeles does not have breed-specific legislation banning any dog breed. However, LAMC 53.06.1 requires all dogs…

Los Banos does not ban dogs by breed; instead it declares a dog vicious or potentially dangerous based on documented…

Madera doesn't ban breeds by name. Section 5-1.23 lets the Police Department declare any dog vicious or potentially…

Madera County has no breed-specific dog ban; instead it controls dangerous animals through a behavior-based…

Manteca singles out pit bull-type breeds for its own chapter of law, defining the breed broadly by name and physical…

Mendocino County does not restrict dogs by breed. Instead, Chapter 10.10 regulates any animal individually declared…

Merced County does not regulate dogs by breed; instead it declares individual dogs 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious'…

Mission Viejo does not ban dogs by breed; instead, the animal services director can declare an individual dog…

Modesto has no breed-specific dog ban. California Food & Agricultural Code § 31683 prohibits any city or county…

Monterey has no breed-specific dog ban; instead it declares individual dogs 'vicious' or 'potentially dangerous' based…

California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 bars any city dog-control program from being "specific as to…

Norwalk classifies any dog with a disposition to attack or bite without provocation as a "wild or vicious animal" under…

Oakland doesn't regulate dogs by breed. Chapter 6.08 instead lets the City declare an individual dog "potentially…

Ojai does not impose breed-specific dog bans. California law prohibits local breed-specific legislation. Dogs are…

Ontario does not impose any breed-specific dog ban. California state law (Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683)…

Oxnard does not single out any dog breed by name; instead Code § 5-40 lets a peace officer shoot, or the poundmaster…

Petaluma has no breed-specific ban. Chapter 9.24, adopted under Food and Agricultural Code §31683, instead regulates…

Pleasanton has no breed ban; instead Chapter 7.20 lets the health officer certify an individual dog as "vicious" based…

Rancho Cordova does not restrict dogs by breed. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts all local…

Redlands has no breed-specific dog ban. Chapter 6.05 instead lets the Animal Services Supervisor declare any dog…

Redondo Beach does not ban dog breeds by name. Instead, any animal can be declared vicious after a written complaint…

Redwood City does not ban specific dog breeds. All dogs must be licensed and vaccinated. Dogs deemed dangerous after an…

Dangerous and vicious dog designations in Richmond follow California Food & Agricultural Code §§31601-31683, which…

Ridgecrest has no breed-specific ban; instead, the health officer can declare an individual dog vicious based on its…

Rohnert Park does not ban any dog breed outright, but Municipal Code § 6.02.070(Q) defines 'pit bull' by breed and…

State law bars Roseville from writing a dog ordinance that singles out particular breeds, but it expressly lets the…

Sacramento County bans no dog breed. Under California Food & Agricultural Code 31683, no local dangerous-dog program…

San Bernardino County requires every Pit Bull over four months old to be spayed or neutered under County Code §…

San Clemente has no breed-specific ban. Instead, Chapter 6.20 lets the Coastal Animal Services Authority declare any…

San Francisco requires every pit bull in the city to be spayed or neutered, defining the breed by AKC/UKC standards and…

San Joaquin County has no breed ban; instead it lets the Animal Services Officer declare any dog 'dangerous' after a…

Unincorporated San Mateo County has no breed-specific ban. The County Ordinance Code regulates individual dogs as…

Santa Ana has no breed-specific ban, § 5-72.1 defines potentially dangerous and vicious dogs entirely by documented…

Santa Cruz County has no breed ban; instead SCCC § 6.19.020 lets Animal Services declare any individual animal a…

Solano County's animal code (Chapter 4) contains no breed-specific ban or restriction. Dangerous and vicious animals…

The City of Sonoma has no breed-specific dog law. Chapter 8.12 of the Municipal Code instead lets the city declare an…

Stanislaus County has no breed-specific ban; instead Chapter 7.28 lets SASA investigate any animal reported to show "a…

Thousand Oaks does not impose breed-specific dog bans. California state law (Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683)…

Torrance adopts LA County Code Title 10 for animal control. No breed-specific bans exist, but dangerous/vicious dog…

Truckee does not ban any dog breed by name. Instead, Town of Truckee Municipal Code § 8.01.490 imposes confinement…

Turlock has no breed-specific dog ban: dogs are declared vicious or dangerous only after they bite, attack, or threaten…

Upland has no breed-specific dog ban. Instead, Chapter 6.08 lets the city declare an individual dog 'potentially…

Westminster does not regulate dogs by breed; instead Chapter 6.10 lets police declare any dog "potentially dangerous"…

Bakersfield does not have breed-specific legislation (BSL) targeting pit bulls, Rottweilers, or other specific dog…

Berkeley cannot single out a dog breed as dangerous: California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 bars any local…

Bishop has no breed-specific ban. California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 prohibits any dog program from being…

Brentwood enforces Contra Costa County's behavior-based dangerous and vicious dog ordinance through Animal Services…

Camarillo does not have breed-specific dog bans. California state law (HSC Section 122331) preempts local breed bans…

Chino does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, Municipal Code Section 6.08.080 bans harboring or keeping a "vicious…

Chula Vista does not impose breed-specific restrictions on dog ownership. The city regulates dangerous and vicious dogs…

Citrus Heights cannot ban or restrict specific dog breeds. California Food & Agricultural Code §31683 preempts all…

Dangerous or vicious dog designations in Concord are determined under California Food & Agricultural Code §31601 et…

Daly City has no breed-specific restrictions. Its Municipal Code regulates dangerous and vicious animals based solely…

Davis has no breed-specific ban. Instead, Section 5.02.010 adopts the entire vicious-animal article of the Yolo County…

Elk Grove cannot ban or restrict dogs by breed. California Food and Agricultural Code section 31683 preempts all…

Fairfield has no breed-specific dog ban. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts cities from…

California Food & Agricultural Code §31683 preempts all breed-specific legislation statewide. Folsom cannot ban pit…

Fontana does not restrict dogs by breed. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts cities from…

Fremont does not restrict dogs by breed due to California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 preempting breed-specific…

Fresno does not impose breed-specific dog bans. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts…

California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 preempts all breed-specific bans statewide, so Galt cannot ban pit bulls…

Humboldt County does not impose a breed-specific dog ban, and California state law affirmatively prohibits any local…

Huntington Beach does not impose breed-specific bans. California state law (Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683)…

Inglewood does not have breed-specific legislation banning particular dog breeds. However, all dogs classified as…

Isleton cannot ban or restrict any dog breed. California Food and Agricultural Code section 31683 preempts all local…

No Jurupa Valley ordinance restricts specific dog breeds; the city regulates dangerous animals by documented behavior…

Kern County has no breed-specific ordinance: state law (Cal. Food & Agric. Code §31683) preempts breed bans. Dogs are…

Kings County has no breed-specific dog ban. Any dog defined as vicious or potentially dangerous under state Food and…

LA County Animal Control (Title 10) uses behavior-based dangerous dog determinations rather than breed-specific bans…

Marin County has no breed-specific ban. California Food and Agricultural Code § 31683 preempts local breed-based bans…

Martinez follows California Food & Agricultural Code §31683, which preempts breed-specific legislation: dangerous dog…

Merced does not ban any dog breed by name. Instead, Municipal Code Sec. 6.04.010(J) defines a "dangerous animal"…

The City of Napa does not have a breed-specific dog ordinance and cannot enact one. California Food and Agricultural…

Nevada County does not ban specific dog breeds. California Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts…

Newport Beach has no breed-specific ban; instead it regulates individual dogs by behavior. Under Municipal Code Sec…

Oceanside does not impose breed-specific restrictions on dog ownership. California Food & Agriculture Code section…

The City of Orange does not impose breed-specific legislation banning any particular dog breed. OMC Chapter 6.04 and…

Palm Springs does not impose breed-specific legislation. California Food and Agriculture Code §31683 prohibits cities…

Pasadena does not have breed-specific legislation. California state law (Food and Agricultural Code § 31683) preempts…

Pittsburg follows California Food & Agricultural Code §31601-31683, which establishes behavior-based dangerous and…

Pomona does not have breed-specific legislation. CA Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 generally preempts local…

Rancho Cucamonga does not ban specific dog breeds. California Food and Agricultural Code section 31683 preempts…

Redding does not have a breed-specific dog ordinance and cannot enact one. California Food and Agricultural Code…

Rialto's municipal code contains no breed-specific restrictions; its dangerous-dog rules in Chapter 6.05 apply based on…

California Food & Agricultural Code §31683 prohibits cities and counties from banning specific breeds, but allows…

Sacramento does not ban any dog breeds; California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 preempts breed-specific bans except…

San Leandro does not impose breed-specific bans or ownership restrictions. California Food & Agricultural Code §31683…

No San Luis Obispo County-specific ordinance directly imposes breed-based bans or ownership restrictions; California…

San Ramon follows California Food & Agricultural Code §31601-31683 for dangerous dog determinations, which are strictly…

Sanger does not impose breed-specific legislation banning or restricting particular dog breeds. California state law…

Santa Barbara County does not impose breed-specific bans. County Code Chapter 7, Article VIII (Vicious and Restricted…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County does not ban or restrict any dog breed. The County Code instead regulates individual…

Santa Maria has no breed-specific ban. Pit bulls, Rottweilers, and other breeds are legal to own. California Food and…

Santa Monica does not impose breed-specific legislation. All dogs must be licensed per CA Food & Ag Code §30500+…

Santa Paula does not impose breed-specific dog restrictions. California state law prohibits breed-specific legislation…

California Health & Safety Code Section 122331 preempts breed-specific dangerous-dog declarations and bans, but…

Shasta County does not ban or single out any dog breed; instead it adopts the state's individualized…

Simi Valley does not have a breed-specific ban. California Food & Agricultural Code § 31683 prohibits any local…

Unincorporated Sonoma County does not ban or restrict any dog breed. California Food and Agricultural Code Section…

California Food & Agricultural Code § 31683 preempts cities from banning or restricting dogs based on breed. Stockton…

Unincorporated Tehama County has no breed-specific dog ordinance: dogs are declared potentially dangerous or vicious…

Temecula does not have breed-specific legislation banning any dog breeds. California Food & Agricultural Code §31683…

Tulare County's animal code does not ban or single out any dog breed. Instead, Section 4-07-6000 regulates dogs by…

Tuolumne County does not ban or restrict any dog breed. Instead, the County Animal Control Ordinance regulates…

Victorville does not ban dog breeds. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts breed-specific…

Visalia has no breed-specific dog ordinance because California Food and Agricultural Code section 31683 prohibits…

West Covina does not have breed-specific legislation. CA Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 generally preempts…

Yolo County does not ban or restrict any specific dog breed. California Food & Agricultural Code § 31683 preempts local…

Yuba City does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, when an Animal Control Officer or law enforcement finds probable…

Yuba County doesn't ban or single out any dog breed. Instead, County Code §§ 8.05.220-.230 use California's…

Alameda County does not impose breed-specific bans. California Food and Agricultural Code 31683 preempts local breed…

Contra Costa County does not impose breed-specific restrictions on pit bulls or any other dog breed. Chapter 416-18 of…

El Cajon has no breed-specific restrictions, consistent with CA Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683. Individual dogs…

Escondido does not impose breed-specific bans. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 prohibits local…

Fullerton does not have breed-specific legislation banning or restricting any particular dog breed. California state…

State law, not city ordinance, controls breed-specific dog rules in Livermore. Food & Agricultural Code § 31683 bars…

Unincorporated Monterey County does not ban any dog breed. California law (Food and Agricultural Code section 31683)…

Placer County has no breed-specific ban. The County regulates dogs individually through a potentially-dangerous and…

Unincorporated Riverside County requires mandatory spaying or neutering of pit bull breeds. Under the County Code…

Santa Clara does not restrict dog ownership by breed due to California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683…

Sunnyvale does not impose breed-specific bans on pit bulls, Rottweilers, or other dogs. California Food and…

Sutter County does not impose breed-specific bans; California state law generally preempts breed-based dog…

Anaheim does not impose breed-specific restrictions. California state law (Food & Agriculture Code 31683) prohibits…

California law bars Antioch from writing breed-specific dangerous-dog rules: Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 31683 lets…

Butte County does not impose any breed-specific ban or designation of dangerous or vicious dogs. California Food and…

Ceres does not single out any dog breed. Its Municipal Code declares an animal "dangerous" only for unprovoked attacks…

Fillmore does not impose breed-specific legislation or bans on any dog breed. California state law (Food & Agricultural…

California law bars Fresno County from banning or restricting dogs by breed. Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683…

Moorpark does not impose breed-specific dog restrictions. California law prohibits breed-specific legislation. However…

California law bars Mountain View from banning or singling out any dog breed: Food and Agricultural Code Sec. 31683…

Pacifica has no breed-specific dog ordinance. Under Pacifica Municipal Code Section 6-1.215(k), the city and San Mateo…

Palo Alto does not impose breed-specific restrictions, consistent with California Food and Agricultural Code section…

Port Hueneme does not impose breed-specific legislation banning any particular dog breed. California state law (Food &…

California law forbids Salinas, or any other city or county, from writing a dog-control program that singles out a…

San Jose's Municipal Code labels a dog dangerous or vicious based on documented bites, attacks or injuries under…

California law flatly bars Vallejo from writing any dog ordinance that singles out a breed. Food and Agricultural Code…

Ventura County does not ban or restrict any dog breed. California Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 prohibits…

California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 bars any city or county from writing a dog-control program that is…

California law requires every beekeeper, apiary owner, broker, or person possessing an apiary in the state to register…

Keeping honey bee hives anywhere in Anaheim's corporate limits is unlawful under Municipal Code Chapter 6.28. The only…

Bishop prohibits beekeeping outright. Municipal Code 6.08.110 makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any bees in the city…

Chino Hills effectively bars beekeeping on ordinary residential lots. CHMC § 6.16.010(D) prohibits intentionally…

Clovis bars beekeeping on ordinary residential property: Municipal Code Section 9.40.040(B) allows a stand of bees only…

Fresno's Development Code bars bee keeping entirely in residential districts, regardless of lot size: both the…

Garden Grove outright bans beehives citywide. Municipal Code Section 6.04.020(A)(4) states plainly that beehives are…

Hanford, California bans keeping any swarm or colony of bees anywhere in the city unless the property is zoned for…

Lake Forest zoning bans apiaries outright in its R1 and RS single-family residential districts, making backyard…

Los Banos flatly bans beekeeping inside city limits. Los Banos Municipal Code § 6-1.9004 states that no person shall…

Newport Beach outright bans keeping bee apiaries in any residential area of the city. The prohibition uses California's…

Oxnard bans keeping bees anywhere in the city, residential or otherwise, under Code § 5-25. The only way around it is a…

San Bernardino caps beekeeping at two stands or swarms of bees per location citywide; maintaining an apiary or more…

South Gate outlaws beekeeping citywide: no apiary, hive, or kept bees is allowed on any residential or commercial…

The City of Ventura prohibits beekeeping outright. Municipal Code Section 8.50.050 makes it unlawful for anyone to…

Whittier bans beekeeping outright. Municipal Code Section 8.20.010, the entirety of Chapter 8.20, states that no person…

Beekeeping is permitted in most Alameda County zones with setback and hive-count limits. Keepers must register with the…

Antioch confines beekeeping to agricultural or open space zoning districts: AMC § 6-1.602(E) requires a permit from the…

Butte County's Zoning Ordinance classifies "large-scale bee keeping" as an Intensive Animal Operation. Table 24-19-1…

Ceres allows apiaries by right only in the R-A Residential Agriculture zone on one-acre-minimum lots. Standard R-1…

Chino bars beekeeping from operating as a home occupation, listing it by name among the business types expressly…

Chula Vista bars beehives within 600 feet of any residential building under CVMC 6.04.100, effectively closing off most…

Beekeeping in Corona is regulated under California Food and Agricultural Code §29001 et seq. (apiary registration with…

Costa Mesa bans keeping any hive or swarm of bees without first getting a residential beekeeping permit from the police…

Beekeeping is not a use residents can start freely in Escondido: Table 33-94 lists apiaries among the animal-specialty…

Keeping a beehive in Fairfield requires a permit under Article IV of the Municipal Code (Sections 3.42-3.52), capped at…

Keeping bees in a Fullerton residential zone requires a residential beekeeping permit, not just compliance with general…

Hawthorne prohibits keeping any hive or swarm of bees within two hundred feet of a residence, hospital, school, church…

Apiaries are banned citywide in Hesperia; only agriculturally zoned, owner-occupied parcels may keep up to three hives…

Huntington Beach bans keeping hive bees within 200 feet of any dwelling house, effectively outlawing backyard…

Irvine requires a Residential Beekeeping Permit from the Community Development Department before anyone keeps bees on a…

Lancaster allows backyard beekeeping only on single-family residential lots larger than one acre, under the standards…

Long Beach caps residential beekeeping at four hives per property under LBMC § 6.24.010 and requires County…

Merced County's Zoning Code treats commercial apiaries as a separate land use requiring a permit, not a hobby any…

Keeping bees anywhere in Orange requires a permit from the Director of Community Development under Municipal Code…

Pasadena bans homeowners and tenants from keeping a beehive, nest or swarm that could endanger public health or safety…

Pleasanton allows beekeeping in A, R-1 and RM zones and the Downtown Specific Plan Area, but only with a zoning…

Beekeeping is limited to the VL residential zone and capped at 2 hives per lot. Hives must sit in a rear yard at least…

Redlands requires a permit to keep bees and sets strict siting rules: apiaries must sit at least 100 feet from public…

Backyard beekeeping is legal in Redondo Beach only on single-family residential lots, capped at one hive colony per…

Any number of hives in San Leandro needs a beekeeping permit, and the lot must be at least 6,000 square feet. SLMC §§…

Beekeepers in unincorporated Sonoma County must register their apiaries with the County Agricultural Commissioner under…

Vacaville requires a Beekeeping Permit from the Community Development Department before anyone keeps a hive on a lot in…

West Covina allows beekeeping in every residential zone only with an Administrative Permit with Hearing (APH) under…

Keeping bees anywhere in Westminster requires an Animal Control permit under Municipal Code § 6.12.020, and §…

Yuba City allows beehives only on a temporary basis, and only when tied to a genuine agricultural operation that needs…

Unincorporated Yuba County bars beekeeping inside the Valley Growth Boundary except on existing agricultural…

Alhambra has no published city-specific beekeeping ordinance; it adopts L.A. County Title 10, whose Chapter 10.76…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed in Apple Valley only on larger residential lots. Section 9.29.030(I) of the Development…

Bellflower allows backyard beekeeping only on single-family lots, capped at two hives set back five feet from property…

Beekeeping is permitted in Brentwood on agricultural and most residential lots, with hive setback requirements from…

Buena Park allows up to four hives on RS-zoned residential lots, but only with a ministerial permit, a 10-foot setback…

Calaveras County's Bee Industry ordinance, Chapter 5.08 of the county code, governs every apiary in the unincorporated…

Beekeeping is a permitted agricultural use only in Camarillo's A-E Agricultural Exclusive zone, where hives are treated…

Backyard beekeeping is legal in Carlsbad but tightly bounded: City Code § 7.12.060 bars keeping an apiary within 150…

Chico allows honey bee hives only in RS and R1 residential zones, capped at one hive per 10,000 square feet of lot area…

Beekeeping is allowed in Concord on residential lots subject to setback and hive count limits. Hives must be registered…

Beekeeping is allowed in most unincorporated Contra Costa County residential and agricultural zones subject to hive…

Cupertino allows beekeeping citywide as an accessory use, but Chapter 8.07 sets minimum setbacks of twenty feet from…

El Cajon allows residential beekeeping for up to four hives per property, each capped at 15 cubic feet, but hives must…

El Dorado County regulates apiaries under Chapter 6.44 of the County Code. Residential beekeepers face no hive-count…

Elk Grove treats noncompliant beekeeping as a public nuisance rather than banning hives outright. Keepers must supply…

Encinitas permits beekeeping on residential properties with regulations on hive placement, setbacks, and water sources…

Beekeeping is allowed in Folsom's residential zones subject to setback and hive limit rules. Apiaries must register…

Fremont does not require a city permit to keep bees, but Municipal Code Section 6.10.140 imposes detailed siting rules…

Fresno County allows apiaries and honey extraction plants in any zone where they are a listed use, but Zoning Ordinance…

Beekeeping is allowed in Galt on appropriate residential and agricultural lots, with setbacks from property lines and a…

Glendale bans maintaining a beehive, nest or swarm that could endanger the public, but exempts registered professional…

Glenn County Code Chapter 7.30, the Beekeeping and Apiaries Ordinance, requires every apiary in the county to register…

Hayward allows backyard beekeeping under Municipal Code Section 10-1.2735(i), but the lot needs at least 4,000 square…

Hemet has its OWN detailed beekeeping ordinance in Municipal Code Chapter 10, Article III (Secs. 10-101 to 10-113). It…

Indio's Unified Development Code allows residential beekeeping only in the DE-1, DET-3, and SN-4 zones, requires hives…

Beekeeping is allowed in Isleton subject to Sacramento County setback and hive standards. Hives must be registered…

Kern County requires every beekeeper to register colonies annually with the Agricultural Commissioner and keep hives…

Lakewood allows backyard apiaries in single-family zones with up to four hives per lot, one hive per 1,500 square feet…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed as an accessory use in LA's RA, RE, RS, and R1 zones under detailed performance…

Beekeeping is permitted on residential properties in Martinez with setback requirements: hives must be at least 10 feet…

Moorpark permits backyard beekeeping on one-acre-plus lots in six zones, with hives set back 150 feet from streets, 50…

Mountain View lets residents keep bees but fixes exact placement rules under City Code Sec. 5.46: a hive must sit at…

Murrieta allows apiaries only in the Rural Residential and Estate Residential zones, per Development Code Table…

Napa County Code Chapter 6.12 (Beehives), as amended by Ordinance 1377, requires apiaries to use moveable-frame hives…

Unincorporated Nevada County allows apiaries under its Animal Keeping and Raising standards. No apiary may be located…

Oceanside allows beekeeping under Section 416.M of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, but every apiary must sit at…

In unincorporated Orange County, keeping bees is classified as an agricultural use that needs a Site Development…

Palmdale allows backyard beehives but caps density at one hive per 4,000 square feet of lot area and forces every hive…

Petaluma allows keeping bees at home, but caps every household at two bee colonies, requires framed movable hives, and…

Beekeeping is allowed in Placer County zones that permit it, but hives must meet County Code § 6.32.030's registration…

Pomona allows backyard beekeeping under the Zoning and Development Code's Urban Agricultural Uses standards. Residents…

Redding lets residents keep up to three bee colonies at home if the lot has at least 6,000 square feet, but the keeper…

Redwood City requires bee hives to sit at least 25 feet from any neighboring dwelling under Section 21.7, caps hives at…

Bees are a permitted use only in Rialto's A-1 agricultural zone, where hives must be at least 200 feet from any…

Beekeeping is permitted in Richmond residential zones with setbacks and hive limits. Hives must be kept at least 5 feet…

Backyard beekeeping is legal in Riverside, but placement is tightly geo-fenced under RMC §8.20.060: apiaries must sit…

Beekeeping in unincorporated Riverside County is treated as an agricultural use under Land Use Ordinance No. 348, which…

Within the Sonoma Mountain Village Planned Development (SVPD), Rohnert Park's zoning table permits residential yard…

Roseville limits backyard beekeepers to two hives per property unless the land is zoned agricultural, and every hive…

Sacramento County caps backyard hives by lot size, two on parcels under 10,000 sq ft, four up to 20,000, six above, and…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County requires apiaries to sit 100 feet from public roads, 500 feet from houses, and be…

Keeping any hive or swarm of bees anywhere in San Clemente requires a permit under the city's wild-animal chapter. A…

San Diego allows 1-2 beehives on residential property per SDMC Chapter 4, Article 4, Division 4. Hives must be outside…

Unincorporated San Diego County sorts apiaries into three tiers by colony count, each with its own minimum setback from…

San Jose requires a permit before keeping any hive of bees on a lot or parcel, caps residential apiaries at two hives…

San Luis Obispo County regulates apiaries under Code Chapter 5.04. Bees kept away from where the owner lives must carry…

San Ramon allows hobby beekeeping on residential lots of at least 6,000 square feet in the RS, RC, HR and RE zones…

Santa Ana allows backyard beekeeping on single-family residential lots without a permit, but caps hives at two on lots…

Santa Barbara County's beekeeping ordinance keeps apiaries away from roads, neighbors and dry brush in the…

Santa Clara's General Code caps backyard beekeeping at two hives per lot without written City Manager consent for more…

Beekeepers in unincorporated Santa Clara County must set hives back 25 to 300 feet from property lines and roads…

Beekeeping in Santa Clarita is governed by two code sections working together: Chapter 8.76 requires identification…

Santa Maria bans commercial beekeeping outright but allows noncommercial hobby hives under Article 7 of the animal…

Beekeeping is allowed only on single-family residential property, limited to two hives, and requires prior registration…

Beekeepers in Shasta County must register their apiaries with the agricultural commissioner, get the landowner's…

Simi Valley allows beekeeping in the RMod, RM, RL, RVL, RE, and OS zones, with a Zoning Clearance required on lots…

The City of Sonoma permits residential beekeeping under Sonoma Municipal Code § 8.08.030(C)'s Table 3: up to two hives…

Residential lots in Stockton can keep only two beehives, unless the parcel is zoned RE and used as a market garden…

Sunnyvale caps residential apiaries at five hives per lot under Municipal Code Chapter 6.08. Hives must sit at least 25…

No beekeeping-specific ordinance was found in Sutter County's published animal regulations for the unincorporated area…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, no apiary may sit within 300 feet of a neighboring dwelling or within 100…

Temecula allows beekeeping by right on any parcel of at least half an acre in every zoning district except Hillside…

Thousand Oaks allows residents to keep bees, but backyard apiaries must sit well back from roads, neighboring homes…

Tulare County requires every beehive kept away from the owner's own residence to carry a posted ID sign, and sets…

Upland's residential land-use table permits beekeeping by right in only its three largest-lot single-family zones…

Vallejo allows residential beekeeping in movable-frame hives, capped at three colonies per lot with setbacks of ten…

Unincorporated Ventura County bars backyard apiaries on lots under 10,000 square feet and caps hobbyist beekeeping at…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed in Victorville in most residential zones with hive setbacks and registration under…

Beekeeping requires a conditional use permit in Visalia's Agricultural and Open Space zones and is not listed as a…

Vista Municipal Code Chapter 6.16 keeps backyard hives legal but sets hard placement limits: no apiary within 600 feet…

West Sacramento limits backyard hives to two per parcel outside its AG and RE zones, requires five-foot setbacks from…

Keeping bees in unincorporated Yolo County is a by-right use in every zone, but Sec. 8-2.506(k) tightens the rules once…

Beekeeping in Citrus Heights is permitted on residential lots subject to Sacramento County apiary siting standards and…

Anyone maintaining a beehive (apiary) on premises other than their own residence in unincorporated Los Angeles County…

Unincorporated Madera County sets no permit or zoning limit on beekeeping, but anyone who keeps an apiary somewhere…

Marin County does not zone or cap backyard hives; the Development Code simply lists beekeeping as an allowed…

In the City of Pacifica, keeping bees is not banned or separately licensed, but Municipal Code Section 5-25.03(B)(35)…

Rancho Cordova allows beekeeping as an accessory use citywide without a permit, but ties hive counts to lot size…

Sanger permits beekeeping under California F&A Code Section 29001. The state pre-empts most local restrictions. Hives…

Stanislaus County requires anyone keeping bees to register their apiary with the agricultural commissioner under state…

San Rafael exempts backyard beekeeping from the administrative use permit the city otherwise requires for keeping…

California prohibits importing, transporting, or possessing wild and exotic animals classified as restricted species…

Alameda bars anyone from keeping a wild or exotic animal, reptile, fish or insect on property they own, occupy or…

California has one of the most restrictive exotic pet laws in the U.S. Ferrets, monkeys, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, most…

Berkeley makes it unlawful to keep any vicious or dangerous animal in the city under Municipal Code Section 10.12.230…

In unincorporated San Diego County, keeping wild animals is tightly restricted. County Code Section 62.681 bans owning…

Buena Park, California bans owning, possessing or controlling any endangered species, exotic animal or wild animal…

Exotic animals are regulated by CA Fish & Game Code and CDFW. Ferrets and hedgehogs are illegal to own statewide (CA…

Exotic and wild animals are regulated by California state law and San Diego County ordinances. Many species require…

Chico prohibits keeping any exotic, non-domesticated animal within city limits unless a zoning provision specifically…

Chino Hills bans keeping any wild animal on private property. CHMC § 6.16.010(A) prohibits any species commonly…

Costa Mesa follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations prohibiting most exotic animals as pets…

Exotic pet ownership in Downey is primarily governed by California state law (Title 14, Section 671). Most exotic…

Elk Grove bans keeping wild, exotic, dangerous, or nondomestic animals and reptiles within city limits under EGMC §…

Encinitas follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations under Title 14 CCR Section 671 which prohibit…

Escondido Chapter 4 restricts exotic animals. San Diego Humane Society enforces under contract. CA Fish & Game Code…

Exotic pets follow California Fish & Game Code §2118 and 14 CCR §671 restricted species lists. Ferrets, hedgehogs…

Fullerton follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations on exotic animal ownership. Many exotic…

Garden Grove follows California CDFW regulations for exotic animals. Ferrets, hedgehogs, and most primates are illegal…

Hanford, California bans keeping any wild, exotic, or vicious animal as a pet or for display, with narrow carve-outs…

California has strict exotic animal laws enforced by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Many species are prohibited…

Indio bans possessing any wild animal or dangerous reptile within city limits unless licensed by state Fish and Game…

Inglewood follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations on exotic animal ownership. Most wild…

Exotic animal ownership in unincorporated Kern County is controlled by California state law. Fish and Game Code section…

Lakewood restricts ownership of exotic and wild animals. Many species require special permits or are prohibited…

Lancaster's zoning code bans keeping 21 named wild species as pets outright, from armadillos and foxes to raccoons…

Lodi outlaws harboring any wild animal within city limits under Municipal Code Section 6.08.030. The code's definition…

Exotic pets regulated by state and city. Ferrets and hedgehogs are ILLEGAL in California. CDFW permits required for…

LA County Code Title 10, Section 10.28.060 requires a license to keep wild animals in unincorporated areas. Many exotic…

Marin County bans keeping any wild or undomesticated animal anywhere in the unincorporated county under Section…

Exotic pet ownership in Modesto is primarily governed by California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) regulations…

Exotic pet ownership is governed by California CDFW regulations (Title 14, CCR §671). Most wild animals are prohibited…

In unincorporated Nevada County, wild, exotic, or non-domestic animals require special authorization from the…

Newport Beach follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations prohibiting most exotic pets. Ferrets…

Exotic pet ownership in Oxnard is governed primarily by California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations. Many…

Palmdale's animal-keeping chapter flatly prohibits keeping exotic animals on residential and agricultural property. The…

Perris bans keeping exotic animals, venomous or dangerous reptiles and arachnids, and other dangerous or carnivorous…

Redlands bans keeping lions, tigers, bears, wolves, cougars, ocelots, wildcats, skunks, and venomous or dangerous…

Rohnert Park bans keeping any wild or exotic animal without proof of required federal and state permits and prohibits…

California bars possession of restricted wild animals as pets anywhere in the state, including Roseville, unless the…

Salinas restricts ownership of exotic and wild animals. Many species require special permits or are prohibited entirely…

No one may keep a dangerous or poisonous animal anywhere in San Bernardino, and any wild, exotic or non-domestic animal…

San Diego restricts ownership of certain exotic and dangerous animals. Monkeys, alligators, poisonous reptiles, and…

San Luis Obispo County bans owning or keeping any wild-by-nature animal that could endanger people or property, naming…

San Ramon prohibits exotic and wild animals as pets, with regulation primarily governed by California Fish and Game…

Exotic pets in Sanger are governed by California Fish and Game Code Section 2118 and 14 CCR 671. Ferrets, hedgehogs…

Santa Clara prohibits exotic and wild animals as pets under California Fish and Game Code Section 2116-2126 and City…

Santa Clarita regulates exotic pets through SCMC 17.62 and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)…

Possessing, keeping, or controlling any wild-species animal anywhere in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is illegal…

Santa Maria prohibits keeping any bear or non-domesticated feline within city limits under Municipal Code Section…

Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.04.162 prohibits wild animals, venomous reptiles, and monkeys without a permit…

Santa Paula follows California Department of Fish & Wildlife regulations on exotic pets. Ferrets are illegal statewide…

Santa Rosa follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations for exotic animals. Many exotic species…

Exotic pets in Sonora are governed by California Code of Regulations section 671 and Tuolumne County Chapter 6.04…

Keeping any wild animal within Stockton city limits is flatly unlawful under § 6.04.470. The code defines "wild animal"…

Sunnyvale follows California Fish and Wildlife restricted species rules. Native wildlife, large constrictors, primates…

California Fish & Game Code §2118 and Title 14 CCR §671 prohibit possession of most non-domestic mammals, large…

Upland Municipal Code Section 6.04.170 makes it unlawful to have, possess, maintain or control any wild, dangerous or…

Vallejo outlaws keeping wild animals outright under Section 7.24.040, while a separate, narrower category, 'exotic…

In the City of Ventura's R-1 single-family zone, only a short list of wild animals, such as chipmunks, turtles…

West Sacramento outright bans keeping any wild animal that requires a California Fish and Wildlife permit as a pet…

Westminster bans keeping any wild animal in the city outright. The only exceptions are zoos, licensed veterinary…

Unincorporated Yuba County limits keeping of wild animals to licensed wildlife sanctuaries and rehabilitation…

Unincorporated Alameda County requires a director-issued permit before anyone owns or keeps an exotic animal, a defined…

Anaheim defers to Orange County and California Department of Fish and Wildlife for exotic pet regulations. Keeping…

Apple Valley bars anyone from keeping, breeding, selling, trading or hiring out a wild, exotic, dangerous or…

Bellflower's residential zones ban keeping any animal beyond cats, dogs, and a short list of small pets, marmoset…

Bishop bans letting any dangerous or vicious animal run at large and requires a police permit for any exhibition or…

CA Code of Regulations Title 14 §671 prohibits most wild and exotic animals as pets statewide. Pygmy goats allowed with…

Keeping any wild or exotic animal in unincorporated Butte County requires a permit from the public health director…

Calaveras County bars anyone from owning, keeping, harboring or possessing an unvaccinated Canidae capable of carrying…

Carson's animal ordinance defines 'wild animal' broadly to cover any wild, exotic, dangerous, or nondomestic mammal…

Chino allows most exotic pets, llamas, alpacas, emus, only with an administrative approval in the RD 1 and RD 2…

California Fish and Game Code §2116-2126 and Title 14 CCR §671 prohibit possession of a broad list of exotic and wild…

Exotic animals prohibited under CA Fish & Game Code §2118 and CCR Title 14 §671. Ferrets, hedgehogs, monkeys, most wild…

Exotic pet ownership in Compton is governed by California state law (Title 14, Section 671). Most exotic animals are…

Exotic pets in Concord are governed by California Code of Regulations Title 14 §671, which lists restricted species…

Exotic and wild animals are broadly prohibited in unincorporated Contra Costa County. California Fish and Game Code…

Corona requires anyone who wants to keep a lion, bear, wolf, monkey, poisonous reptile or other wild or dangerous…

Cupertino does not ban owning a wild or exotic animal outright, but its code labels any wild, exotic, or venomous…

Dublin, California requires a Director-issued permit before anyone owns or keeps a defined "exotic animal," a list…

El Dorado County requires anyone keeping a wild animal, drawn from the Fish and Game Code's list of non-domesticated…

Exotic animals are regulated by CA Fish & Game Code and CDFW. Ferrets and hedgehogs are illegal statewide under CA Code…

California has one of the nation's strictest exotic pet laws. CA Code of Regulations Title 14 §671 bans private…

Fremont Municipal Code Section 6.50.010 declares it a public nuisance to keep any dangerous or exotic animal in the…

Glendale follows California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) regulations on exotic and wild animals. Many exotic…

In unincorporated Glenn County, no one may keep, sell, trade or hire out a wild, exotic, dangerous or non-domestic…

Anything beyond a household pet, dog, cat, canary, parrot or similar bird, requires a special permit from Hawthorne's…

Hesperia allows exotic animals only in single-family or agricultural zones with a special use permit good for 36…

Irvine requires a permit from the Director of Public Safety before keeping any wild, exotic or nondomesticated animal…

Exotic pets in Isleton are controlled primarily by California Fish and Wildlife Code section 2118, which prohibits…

Kings County bars keeping a wild animal unless the owner provides confinement adequate to protect public peace, health…

Lake County bans possessing any non-domesticated wild animal, from lions and bears to venomous snakes, in the…

State, not city, law controls exotic pets in Livermore. Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations § 671(a) makes…

Keeping any wild, exotic, dangerous, or non-domestic animal or reptile in Los Angeles requires a permit from the…

Los Banos bans keeping wild, exotic, dangerous or nondomestic animals without first obtaining authorization from both…

Madera Municipal Code Section 5-1.32 allows exotic pets like snakes, turtles, monkeys and chinchillas but requires…

Anyone keeping a wild, exotic or dangerous animal in unincorporated Madera County must obtain a wild animal permit from…

Mendocino County requires an annual permit from Animal Care Services before anyone may keep, sell, trade, or lease out…

Menifee's animal control code, Municipal Code Section 10.04.180(G)-(H), bans trapping, capturing, or keeping skunks as…

Merced classifies large snakes, big cats, primates, and other non-domestic species as "wild animals" under Municipal…

Merced County bans keeping a wild animal, from venomous snakes over eight feet to big cats, primates, and elephants…

Murrieta only allows exotic or wild animals as pets in the Rural Residential and Estate Residential zones, and only…

Keeping a lion, tiger, bear, wolf, monkey, or other wild or dangerous animal on your Norwalk property requires an…

Oceanside bars anyone from keeping a lion, tiger, bear, primate, wolf, cougar, ocelot, wildcat, skunk, boa, python or…

The City of Orange prohibits keeping wild or exotic animals under OMC Section 6.04.060. Restricted species include…

Keeping a wild, exotic, dangerous, or nondomestic animal in unincorporated Orange County requires a license from the…

Owning a wild or exotic animal in Palm Springs requires special written authorization from the Animal Control Officer…

Placer County treats carnivorous, poisonous, or non-native 'zoo' animals as a distinct, more heavily regulated…

Keeping an exotic or nondomestic animal in Redondo Beach without a City permit is a misdemeanor. The Permit…

Riverside bars keeping a lion, tiger, bear, chimpanzee, gorilla, cougar, wolf, coyote, fox, lynx, poisonous reptile, or…

Keeping venomous reptiles, large exotic mammals or birds, or multiple wild animals at a property makes it a…

Owning a wild animal in Sacramento requires a permit from the city's animal care services manager under City Code §…

Keeping exotic animals in unincorporated San Bernardino County is tightly controlled by Development Code 84.04.040…

San Clemente bans keeping any wild, exotic or non-domesticated animal without a permit from the general manager of the…

Wild or undomesticated animals are tightly limited in unincorporated San Diego County. The Zoning Ordinance allows one…

San Jose requires anyone who keeps, harbors, sells, trades, or leases a wild, exotic, or venomous animal to first…

San Mateo follows California CDFW regulations banning many exotic species. Local animal code may restrict wild or…

No one may own or keep an exotic animal anywhere in unincorporated San Mateo County without a Health System use permit…

San Rafael requires an administrative use permit and individual case review for any animal not on its short exempt…

Keeping a wild or exotic animal in Santa Ana requires a permit from the animal control officer under Section 5-8, and…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County requires a permit from the Animal Care and Control Manager before anyone keeps…

Keeping a wild or exotic animal in unincorporated Solano County requires an annual permit from animal control plus…

The City of Sonoma bans keeping any exotic animal, defined as a wild animal the California Fish and Game Commission has…

Sonoma County bans exotic animals from running at large and prohibits keeping one without proof of the required federal…

South Gate doesn't ban wild or vicious animals outright, but no one may keep one, from venomous reptiles to big cats…

Keeping any animal "not commonly kept or raised in the county as a domesticated animal" that could be dangerous to…

In unincorporated Tehama County, keeping a state-listed exotic animal is illegal unless the owner can prove valid…

Anyone wanting to keep a wild animal in Thousand Oaks must first get a permit from the City Manager. The code defines…

Torrance adopts Los Angeles County Code Title 10 (Animals) as its animal control ordinance, which prohibits keeping…

Keeping a wild, exotic or non-domestic animal in Truckee requires special written authorization from the Animal Control…

Union City requires a City Manager permit before owning big cats, wolves, primates, venomous animals, large reptiles…

Vacaville Municipal Code Chapter 6.04 prohibits wild species from running at large or being pastured/staked in the…

Victorville's household pet ordinance lists exactly which pets residents may keep and bans everything else. On lots of…

Vista Municipal Code Section 6.04.040 defines any non-domesticated animal, from lions and bears to nonhuman primates…

West Covina regulates exotic and wild animal keeping under Chapter 6 and defers to California Fish and Game Code and…

Alhambra adopts L.A. County Title 10, which bars keeping a 'wild animal' without a license. County Code 10.28.060…

Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter 6 prohibits keeping wild or exotic animals as pets within city limits, deferring to…

California bans most exotic pets statewide under Title 14 CCR §671, which preempts local ordinances. Prohibited species…

Chula Vista prohibits the possession of wild or exotic animals not normally domesticated in the United States under…

Daly City Municipal Code Section 6.04.060(e) bars possessing any animal designated dangerous or vicious by another…

California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations (14 CCR 671) prohibit most exotic mammals including ferrets…

Fairfield prohibits keeping any wild species at large within the city, and California Code of Regulations Title 14…

California Code of Regulations Title 14 Section 671 bans a long list of exotic species statewide, including ferrets…

California restricts exotic pets via Title 14 CCR 671. Ferrets, most primates, large cats, and venomous reptiles are…

Manteca's zoning code defines 'exotic animals' as potbelly pigs, snakes, reptiles and large tropical birds like…

Mission Viejo and the State of California restrict ownership of exotic animals. Many species require California…

Moorpark regulates wild and exotic animals under MMC Chapter 6.24. Keeping wild animals requires a license from the…

Mountain View prohibits ownership of wild and exotic animals consistent with California Fish and Game Code, limiting…

The City of Napa Zoning Ordinance excludes venomous reptiles, apiaries (except as separately permitted), kennels, and…

Exotic animals regulated by CA Fish & Game Code and CDFW. Ferrets and hedgehogs illegal statewide (CA Code of…

Palo Alto follows California state law prohibiting most exotic species including primates, large cats, venomous…

California has some of the strictest exotic animal laws in the nation. Ferrets, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, and most wild…

Exotic pets in Pittsburg are governed by California Fish and Game Code §2118 and Title 14 CCR §671, which prohibit…

Exotic pet ownership in Pomona is governed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations (Title 14, Section…

Rancho Cordova caps exotic animals, wild species kept as pets such as snakes, reptiles, miniature pigs and large…

Rancho Cucamonga follows California Fish and Game Code section 2118, which bans exotic animals without a permit…

Redding Zoning Ordinance Section 18.43.040(I) provides that the keeping of exotic or wild animals may be permitted only…

Keeping exotic animals in Redwood City requires a use permit from the Planning and Building Department per San Mateo…

California Code of Regulations Title 14, Section 671 prohibits private possession of most exotic animals statewide…

Sacramento County publishes no separate exotic-pet ordinance for unincorporated areas; exotic and wild animals are…

San Francisco prohibits keeping wild and exotic animals as pets under SF Health Code Article 1, aligning with…

Exotic pet ownership in San Marcos is governed primarily by California Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations…

Exotic and wild animal ownership in Simi Valley is regulated by both state law and the municipal code. California Fish…

South San Francisco follows California CDFW regulations banning many exotic species. Local animal code may restrict…

California has one of the strictest exotic-pet laws in the nation. Twain Harte residents cannot legally keep ferrets…

Exotic and wild animals are heavily restricted. California bans private possession of restricted species such as…

Keeping wild or exotic animals as pets or for display is prohibited in Visalia. The only exceptions are licensed zoos…

In Yolo County's agricultural zones, keeping or sheltering a wild animal is not a use you can start on your own. Table…

San Leandro Municipal Code §4-11-1100 prohibits keeping exotic animals - and any animal not on the household-pet…

Tuolumne County's Animal Control Ordinance requires any exotic animal that needs a state license to be registered with…

California generally prohibits possession of wild and exotic animals such as large cats, primates, ferrets, venomous…

California law makes it illegal to knowingly feed big game mammals, deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, black bear, and…

Alameda Point's zoning district bans feral cat feeding stations and colonies outright, along with feeding any native or…

Feeding wildlife (deer, raccoons, coyotes, turkeys) is discouraged and may be prohibited when it creates a public…

Berkeley bans feeding wild animals anywhere on public property, including parks, streets, sidewalks and median strips…

Wildlife in Brentwood (deer, coyotes, turkeys, raccoons, hawks, and mountain lions in nearby Los Vaqueros Watershed) is…

Wildlife in unincorporated Contra Costa County is regulated primarily by California Department of Fish and Wildlife…

Feeding wildlife in Corona, including coyotes, deer, raccoons, and other native species, is discouraged and may be…

Costa Mesa prohibits or discourages feeding wildlife including coyotes, feral cats, and pigeons in public areas…

Cupertino's park-conduct code flatly bans feeding any wildlife, not just waterfowl, inside a city park. The rule, part…

Daly City Municipal Code Section 6.08.090 makes it unlawful to feed any bird you do not own, or to place feed intended…

El Dorado County makes it an infraction to knowingly feed any wild mammal in the South Lake Tahoe watershed, and to…

Feeding wildlife, especially deer, coyotes, raccoons, and bears, is prohibited in Folsom. CDFW also prohibits…

Feeding ducks, geese or other waterfowl on or within 100 yards of any public lake, pond, stream or fountain in…

Garden Grove restricts feeding of wildlife to prevent nuisance conditions under the Municipal Code and general nuisance…

Glendale bars feeding coyotes, raccoons, foxes, opossums or any other nondomesticated mammalian predator anywhere in…

Irvine bans feeding coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, raccoons, foxes, skunks, opossums, rodents, rabbits, hares and…

Feeding waterfowl or migratory birds in any Lodi park, on any public lake, or on other city property is flatly unlawful…

Feeding wildlife in unincorporated LA County is discouraged and may violate nuisance provisions. CDFW regulations…

It is unlawful to intentionally feed coyotes, mountain lions, foxes, bobcats, raccoons, skunks, opossums, turkeys or…

Mission Viejo bans feeding coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, rodents and other listed wild animals anywhere in the…

Shoreline at Mountain View Park is declared a wildlife sanctuary by City Code Sec. 38.18(i), and feeding any wild bird…

Redwood City bars feeding, capturing, hunting, or otherwise harming any wild or domestic bird, fowl, fish, reptile, or…

Riverside County bans feeding or leaving food for wild burros anywhere in the unincorporated county, a direct response…

San Clemente bans feeding coyotes and other non-domesticated predators citywide, with narrow exceptions for licensed…

Simi Valley prohibits intentionally feeding crows or ravens anywhere in the City. Property owners cannot allow feeding…

California Fish & Game Code §251.1 and Title 14 CCR §251.3 prohibit feeding big game mammals (deer, elk, bears…

Vallejo bans feeding wild or feral animals anywhere inside the Vallejo Municipal Marina. Under Municipal Code Section…

Chico bans feeding wild or domestic animals anywhere in Bidwell Park, with narrow exceptions for feeding fowl at…

Chino Hills bars anyone from feeding, hunting, molesting, or harassing wild animals or birds in City-Owned Open Space…

Downey Municipal Code Chapter 12 makes it unlawful to purposely feed coyotes, foxes, skunks, raccoons, opossums…

Hanford, California prohibits feeding ducks and pigeons on private or public property citywide, and bans placing…

Huntington Beach bars feeding, disturbing or touching wildlife anywhere on city property, including parks, ponds and…

Feeding a coyote, raccoon, fox, opossum, or any other nondomesticated rodent or mammalian predator anywhere in…

Feeding or providing food to wild mammalian predators, including coyotes, foxes, raccoons, possums, and skunks, is a…

Monterey County Code § 8.42.012 makes it unlawful to feed or intentionally supply food to any non-domesticated animal…

Feeding any non-domesticated animal anywhere in Newport Beach is unlawful, with a narrow exception for animals fed…

Oakland Municipal Code § 6.04.355(B) makes it unlawful to intentionally feed wild animals in any public park, sidewalk…

Pasadena's 1964 pigeon feeding ordinance, Municipal Code Chapter 6.28, declares it a nuisance to feed pigeons on any…

Feeding wildlife such as coyotes, raccoons, deer, and feral cats is discouraged and may be prohibited as a public…

It is unlawful to feed or offer food to any bird or wild animal on a San Francisco sidewalk, street, or highway under…

San Luis Obispo County Code Sec. 9.02.002 bars anyone from placing food, water, or shelter to attract an animal in any…

San Rafael Municipal Code § 19.20.070.C.4 bars anyone from abandoning, hunting, capturing, harming, or feeding any…

Feeding deer, geese, or other wildlife in a Santa Clara County Park is prohibited unless the Parks Director issues a…

Santa Clarita Municipal Code Section 8.84.010 makes it unlawful to feed or provide food to any nondomesticated rodent…

Intentionally feeding ducks, geese, or pigeons anywhere in unincorporated Santa Cruz County violates SCCC § 6.14.020…

Sunnyvale bars feeding or attracting wild animals, including birds, citywide under Municipal Code Section 6.02.050, and…

Upland Municipal Code § 12.36.050(L)(3) makes it a misdemeanor to feed, hunt, harass, harm, frighten, kill, trap…

In the City of Ventura it is unlawful to feed squirrels, pigeons, rats or feral cats along the waterfront, defined as…

Walnut Creek residents regularly encounter deer, wild turkeys, coyotes, raccoons, skunks, and the occasional mountain…

Alhambra adopts L.A. County Title 10, which makes it unlawful to feed nondomesticated predators or rodents. County Code…

Anaheim discourages feeding wildlife in public areas under general nuisance and park regulations. AMC Chapter 13.08…

Intentional feeding of wild animals including coyotes, raccoons, deer, wild turkeys, and feral cats is discouraged in…

Clovis bars feeding any household or wild bird outdoors if it creates health or sanitation problems, property damage…

Wildlife feeding that creates nuisance conditions may be cited under general nuisance abatement. Escondido borders open…

Feeding ducks, geese or any other resident or migratory waterfowl in a Fremont city park is prohibited under Municipal…

Feeding ducks, geese or any wildlife is banned at all times in the Springtown Open Space area under LMC §…

In the Sierra National Forest portion of unincorporated Madera County, property owners, residents and businesses must…

Monterey bans feeding or intentionally providing food to non-domesticated animals to encourage domesticity, with a…

California Fish and Game Code section 2118 prohibits keeping or feeding wildlife including coyotes, raccoons, and wild…

Orange County's Title 4 animal ordinances do not set a general countywide ban on feeding wildlife, so the controlling…

Palo Alto prohibits feeding wild deer, coyotes, raccoons, and other wildlife citywide under PAMC 6.08 to reduce…

Petaluma bans feeding wildlife, defined broadly to cover ducks, geese, raccoons, squirrels, skunks and deer, inside its…

Pleasanton makes it unlawful citywide to feed or offer food to any bird or wild animal on a sidewalk, street or…

Roseville restricts or prohibits intentional feeding of wildlife including deer, coyotes, and bears. Feeding wildlife…

Sacramento prohibits feeding wildlife including deer, coyotes, turkeys, and waterfowl along the American River Parkway…

No Sacramento County ordinance specifically bans feeding wildlife in unincorporated areas; the County routes wildlife…

Salinas restricts or prohibits intentional feeding of wildlife including deer, coyotes, and bears. Feeding wildlife…

Feeding wildlife is illegal in unincorporated San Bernardino County. County Code 32.1301 prohibits leaving food outside…

San Jose prohibits intentional feeding of wildlife that creates a nuisance or public safety concern, including coyotes…

Wildlife feeding in San Mateo is discouraged through the city's nuisance provisions and California Fish and Game Code…

Sanger and Fresno County discourage feeding wildlife to prevent human-wildlife conflicts. Nuisance abatement provisions…

Feeding animals or birds in Santa Monica parks, piers, the public beach, or designated off-leash areas is prohibited…

Santa Paula prohibits the intentional feeding of coyotes, bears, deer, and other wildlife that may create nuisance or…

South Gate makes it unlawful to feed nondomesticated rodents or predators, including coyotes, raccoons, foxes and…

Turlock prohibits feeding any wildlife inside its parks or on other public property, one of dozens of listed acts…

Whittier Municipal Code Section 12.44.040(F) makes it unlawful to feed, or attempt to feed, any bird, fowl, fish, or…

Yuba City Municipal Code Sec. 4-12.480 makes it a public nuisance to free-feed feral cats or wild animals, meaning…

Alameda County prohibits the intentional feeding of deer, coyotes, raccoons, skunks, bears, and other wildlife…

California Fish and Game Code §251.3 prohibits feeding big game, furbearing mammals, and non-game mammals statewide…

Long Beach prohibits feeding wildlife in public parks and beaches under LBMC Title 16. Feeding pigeons and other pest…

Modesto has no municipal ordinance specifically prohibiting the feeding of wild animals. California state law, chiefly…

Port Hueneme discourages feeding wildlife to prevent nuisance animals in residential areas. The coastal setting…

Stockton Municipal Code Title 6 (Animals) and Title 8 (Health and Safety) as identified through Animal Services do not…

Tuolumne County's Animal Control Ordinance does not contain a general wildlife-feeding ban, but California state…

Fairfield does not have a city-specific wildlife-feeding ban, but California Fish and Game Code and Title 14…

Pomona does not have a specific wildlife feeding ordinance. Nuisance conditions from wildlife attractants may be…

Unincorporated San Diego County has no dedicated ordinance prohibiting the feeding of coyotes, deer, or other wildlife…

California has no statute titled "animal hoarding," but Penal Code 597.1 makes keeping any animal without proper care…

Santa Rosa City Code Section 20-42.040 limits any residential lot to a total of five animals (domestic or exotic), of…

Butte County does not set a numeric cap on the number of household pets, but once an owner keeps enough dogs to trigger…

Glendale Municipal Code Section 6.08.130 treats any home with more than two dogs or more than three cats as a "kennel"…

Exceeding Hanford's household pet limits requires a discretionary multi-pet permit, with the animal control officer…

Keeping four or more adult dogs or cats at an Irvine home makes it a "private kennel," and Sec. 4-5-601 requires a…

Los Angeles limits residents to 3 dogs and 5 cats over 4 months of age per premises; owners of 4 or more cats face…

In unincorporated LA County (and contract cities), keeping animals in unsanitary conditions or in a way that becomes a…

Marin County Code § 8.04.185 establishes a limitation on the number of dogs per household. Under the Title 22…

Menifee allows 1 to 4 dogs on a property in any zone without a Conditional Use Permit. Keeping 5 or more dogs (4 months…

Modesto's zoning ordinance limits a residential dwelling unit to two dogs (5+ months old) and three cats (3+ months…

Keeping four or more dogs or cats in any Monterey residential zone requires a Pet Permit from the Community Development…

Roseville caps the number of dogs any premises can keep at four before triggering its kennel licensing law. Municipal…

Santa Ana caps ownership at three dogs per premises under Section 5-50, with no exceptions built into the code: the…

In unincorporated Santa Barbara County, Land Use & Development Code Section 35.42.060.F.1 limits households to no more…

Shasta County caps ownership at six dogs over four months old per lot, dwelling, or premises unless the owner holds a…

The City of Sonoma caps household pets at three dogs or three cats over four months old per dwelling unit under Sonoma…

Tracy caps households at three adult dogs and three adult cats combined; owning more without a multiple pet permit is…

Alameda caps most households at three dogs over four months old on a single property, with no equivalent numeric cap…

Alhambra has no standalone 'hoarding' statute; it relies on adopted L.A. County Title 10. Pet limits (2 dogs per…

Animal hoarding in Anaheim is addressed through animal keeping limits in the municipal code and nuisance abatement…

Antioch caps households at three licensed dogs and five cats without a permit, and at ten domesticated adult rabbits…

Apple Valley permits up to four dogs and up to four cats by right in most residential districts under Table 15.01.125A…

Bakersfield's municipal code does not cap cats, but any premises keeping more than three dogs at least twelve weeks old…

Bellflower's single-family zoning caps each household at three dogs and three cats over four months old; keeping more…

Berkeley caps most households at four dogs over six months old on one premises, unless the extra dogs are kept in…

Bishop sets no simple household cap on dogs or cats, but keeping five or more dogs for breeding and sale is a kennel…

Unincorporated San Diego County requires humane, sanitary conditions for all animals. County Code Section 62.668 bars…

Brentwood residential properties may keep no more than five dogs or cats over six months old. A household wanting six…

Buena Park caps most households at three dogs over six months old, plus only one unspayed female dog, unless the…

Under the Burbank Municipal Code, any premises keeping five or more dogs, cats, or a combination of them aged four…

Calaveras County residents may keep up to three dogs and four cats without a permit. Owning four or more dogs, or five…

A Camarillo house in the R-1 zone may keep no more than four dogs and four cats over four months old under Sec…

Carlsbad lets ordinary household pets live in any zone, but caps each dwelling unit at three adult dogs or cats in any…

Carson zoning limits any dwelling to three cats and dogs combined, plus small caps on other small animals, and bans…

Ceres households can keep up to three domestic animals, dogs, cats, or other pets, before triggering the City's kennel…

Chico caps household dogs at three per residence address; keeping a fourth dog turns the property into a 'kennel'…

Chino caps noncommercial pet keeping at 4 dogs or cats per single-family dwelling and 2 per multi-family dwelling under…

A Chino Hills house on a standard residential lot cannot keep more than five dogs and cats combined, and no more than…

Chula Vista caps dogs and cats by lot size: small lots and apartments get just two pets total, while the largest…

Clovis Municipal Code § 6.1.301 caps household pets at three dogs, three cats, three reptiles, and two Vietnamese…

In Colusa County's residential and transitional zones, households may keep up to four small domestic pets like dogs and…

Compton's zoning code, not a stand-alone animal ordinance, sets the household pet cap: three adult dogs, three adult…

Under Chapter 416-6 of the Contra Costa County Animal Ordinance, no household in a non-agricultural zone may keep more…

Costa Mesa caps most households at five animals over four months old on one property. Section 3-14 of the Municipal…

Cupertino's R-1, RC1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 residential zones cap adult household pets at four per dwelling under Table…

Dublin, California caps households in "R" zoning districts at two dogs or two cats per dwelling without a permit…

El Dorado County classifies any home keeping five or more dogs, or five or more cats, at least four months old as a…

Elk Grove caps most households at four pets total under EGMC § 8.02.050: any combination of dogs, cats, pot-bellied…

Escondido caps household dogs and cats at four of each on RA and RE lots, two of each on standard R-1 lots under 10,000…

Fairfield caps households in residential zones at three dogs or three cats over four months old, per Municipal Code…

Folsom caps households at three dogs and three cats over four months old per dwelling unit under Municipal Code Section…

Fremont caps residential households at two dogs, four cats, or a combination not exceeding two dogs and three cats…

Fresno County has no blanket cap on pets kept as personal companions, but County Code Section 9.04.050 requires a…

Fullerton caps traditional pets at four dogs and cats combined on lots of 20,000 square feet or less, five on larger…

Garden Grove caps ordinary households at four dogs and four roaming cats, each four months of age or older, per…

Hawthorne caps household pets at three per residential lot, in any combination, as part of the citywide accessory-use…

Hayward caps households at four dogs four months or older before a Dog Fancier Permit is required. The Chief of Police…

Neither California state law nor Humboldt County's published Animal Control materials set a hard numeric cap on…

Huntington Beach treats any property with four or more dogs, or four or more cats, over four months old as a "kennel"…

Indio caps dogs and cats at four per household in residential zones; keeping five or more triggers Riverside County…

Inglewood caps ordinary households at two dogs. Municipal Code Section 4-4 makes it unlawful to keep, harbor, or…

Unincorporated Kern County sets no fixed cap on pets per household. The practical line is commercial activity: more…

Housing ten or more altered dogs or cats in unincorporated Kings County makes the premises a kennel requiring a…

Lake Forest, in Orange County, classifies any property keeping four or more dogs or four or more cats over four months…

Lakewood's R-1 zoning code caps household pets at two dogs and two cats over four months old per single-family lot. The…

Lancaster's zoning code caps household pets by zone: the animal-keeping table in Municipal Code Sec. 17.08.180 allows…

Livermore caps how many pets a household can keep without a permit: LMC § 6.20.030(A) requires an animal fancier permit…

A single Lodi household may keep no more than five domesticated animals over four months old in any combination, and no…

Long Beach caps household pets at four weaned animals per site under Municipal Code § 21.51.210, though the limit…

Los Banos caps ownership at three dogs and three cats over four months old per premises within city limits. Owners who…

Keep four or fewer dogs, cats or other small domesticated animals at an unincorporated Madera County home and no kennel…

Manteca caps most households at three dogs and three cats over four months old, with owners who already exceeded that…

Mendocino County does not cap how many dogs or cats a household may keep, but Section 10.04.088(A) defines any home…

Merced caps how many cats and dogs a single-family home can keep based on lot size, from five of each on parcels of…

Mission Viejo caps households at four licensed dogs or four cats over four months old; owning five or more of either…

Unincorporated Monterey County does not set a flat numeric cap on pet dogs or cats per home in its animal control…

Table 17.28.030 caps single-family households on lots under 5 acres to any combination of 4 dogs and cats, rises to 6…

Moreno Valley caps cats and dogs at four total per household on standard residential lots under Municipal Code Table…

Mountain View caps most households at four adult dogs and cats combined over four months old, and at only one unspayed…

Murrieta caps household cats and dogs at four animals total per Municipal Code Section 16.44.040(E), Table 16.44.040-1…

Napa County Code Title 6 does not set a numerical limit on the number of dogs or cats a household in the unincorporated…

In unincorporated Nevada County, dogs and cats are limited to no more than 3 total in the R1, R2, R3, commercial, and…

Norwalk caps dogs and cats at a combined three per residential dwelling under Municipal Code Section 17.04.200, with…

Oakland Municipal Code § 6.04.400 limits any one premises to three dogs over four months old unless the owner shows the…

On residential lots smaller than 20,000 square feet, Orange caps mature dogs and cats at three of each, and caps…

Unincorporated Orange County caps households at three dogs and three cats over four months old per lot; keeping more…

Oxnard caps residential-zone pet ownership at four dogs over six months old and four cats over four months old per…

Palmdale caps the number of dogs and cats a household may keep without a special license. PMC § 17.89.030 allows up to…

Perris caps every private residence or parcel at four dogs and four cats, each four months or older, unless the…

Petaluma does not cap dogs or cats at a flat household number, but once a home keeps five or more dogs or seven or more…

Placer County zoning Section 17.56.050(F)(16) limits households to four dogs, four cats, or a combination of four in RS…

Pleasanton does not cap household dogs directly, but keeping four or more dogs at one premises makes it a "kennel"…

Pomona caps household pets at three adult dogs or four adult cats, and no more than five animals total, under City Code…

Rancho Cucamonga caps household cats and dogs by lot size in every zone: 3 of each on lots under 10,000 square feet…

Redding caps most households at six dogs or six cats, or any combination totaling six, once each animal passes four…

Redlands City Code section 18.40.040 caps accessory pet keeping at three adult dogs and three adult cats per household…

Redwood City caps household pets at four dogs and/or cats combined, with no more than two dogs allowed, on any lot…

Rialto caps household pets at four weaned dogs and cats combined, and no more than three of them may be dogs. The limit…

Keeping four or more dogs and/or cats at one property meets Ridgecrest's zoning definition of a kennel, and kennels…

Riverside doesn't cap pets by a simple headcount in the noise or nuisance code: it does it through zoning. Keep five or…

Riverside County has no ordinance using the word "hoarding," but Ordinance No. 630's kennel/cattery licensing…

A Rohnert Park property owner or resident cannot keep more than three dogs or four cats without a hobby or commercial…

Sacramento caps the number of animals a household may keep: three swine, three dogs over four months (four if all are…

Unincorporated Sacramento County households can keep up to four dogs over four months old and four cats over six months…

Unincorporated San Benito County allows up to five adult dogs and nine adult cats without a permit; a hobby kennel…

San Bernardino caps ownership at three dogs and five cats age four months or older per lot or premises, unless zoning…

Unincorporated San Bernardino County caps dogs and cats combined per parcel by lot size, from two on lots under 7,200…

Keeping four or more dogs or cats over four months old at a San Clemente home requires a private kennel permit. Any…

In unincorporated San Diego County, keeping seven or more dogs at one property makes it a legally defined 'kennel,'…

San Francisco residential properties may keep at most three dogs aged six months or older without a dog kennel permit…

San Jose caps every dwelling unit at a sliding scale of adult dogs and cats, up to five cats with no dogs, or three…

San Luis Obispo County Animal Services administers a soft household limit of three dogs and three cats per residence…

San Marcos zoning caps cats and dogs at six per lot under Table 20.415-3, with kennels flatly not permitted. In the…

Unincorporated San Mateo County caps casual pet-keeping at four animals. Ordinance Code Section 6.20.020 makes it…

San Rafael exempts up to 3 dogs and 10 cats per dwelling unit, plus 4 hens and 3 potbellied pigs, from its…

Santa Clara caps most households at three adult dogs and cats combined, over four months old, at any one street…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County addresses animal hoarding through its pet and kennel limits and public-nuisance…

Santa Clarita caps how many dogs and cats a household may keep without an animal facility license under Section…

Santa Cruz zoning code (SCMC 24.12.620) allows a maximum of six domestic animals on any residential lot, of which no…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County caps household pets at four dogs or four cats, or any combination of the two, in every…

Santa Maria does not cap the number of dogs at a residence by simple ordinance, but Municipal Code Section 12-2.78…

Under Simi Valley Development Code § 9-44.060 (Animal Keeping), a maximum of four (4) domestic dogs, cats, and/or…

South Gate households may keep up to four dogs and four cats, plus their young under four months, without a kennel…

There's no flat cap on pets per household, but keeping five or more dogs or cats over four months old makes the…

An ordinary Stockton household is capped at three dogs and three cats over four months old under Municipal Code §§…

Sunnyvale caps how many dogs and cats one dwelling unit may keep under Municipal Code Section 6.02.020, allowing only…

In unincorporated Sutter County, the Zoning Code limits standard residential lots to a combined total of four dogs…

Unincorporated Tehama County, California caps private dog ownership at five dogs over four months old per lot; keeping…

Temecula caps single-family and multi-family households at any combination of four cats or dogs over four months old…

Truckee doesn't cap pets outright, but keeping more than four dogs or cats over six months old turns a home into a…

Under Tulare County Ordinance Code Section 4-07-4005, the maximum number of adult dogs allowed on any lot without a…

Union City bans keeping any household pets or animals, in whatever number, that cause damage or hazard to neighboring…

Upland households may keep no more than three dogs and three cats over four months old under Municipal Code Section…

VMC § 6.04.220 caps residential households at three dogs or three cats over four months old, and six adult rabbits, on…

Vallejo caps residential animal keeping at eight domestic or exotic animals per lot, with no more than four dogs, four…

Beyond the base pet limit, unincorporated Ventura County caps additional animals at double the standard per-species…

Victorville caps residential pet ownership at three weaned dogs, three weaned cats and no more than twelve pets total…

Vista's R-1 residential zone allows one adult dog and one adult cat per 5,000 square feet of lot area under Municipal…

West Covina caps most households at three dogs and four cats. Municipal Code Sec. 6-5(d), rewriting county rule…

Westminster caps households at three dogs or three cats, or six combined, under Section 6.12.020. A litter of pups or…

Whittier runs its animal control program on the Los Angeles County Code, adopted by reference in Chapter 6.04, with…

Yolo County Title 6 does not set a numeric household limit on dogs or cats, but anyone operating a kennel must obtain…

Yuba City bars kennels from every residential district under Municipal Code Sec. 8-5.5001(a)(3), and Sec. 8-5.8031…

Unincorporated Yuba County caps dogs over four months old at 4 per unit in RS, RM, and RH zones, 6 on smaller rural…

No Daly City ordinance sets a fixed numeric limit on the number of dogs or cats per household. Under the countywide San…

Under Fresno Municipal Code section 15-2707, residential properties smaller than 36,000 square feet may keep no more…

Jurupa Valley has no simple per-household pet cap, but keeping five or more dogs four months of age or older requires a…

Ontario permits the keeping of four or fewer household pets by right in every residential and mixed-use zone (and the…

No dwelling may house more than four dogs over four months of age or more than five cats over four months of age.

Solano County Code Chapter 4 sets no fixed numeric limit on how many dogs or cats a household may keep in…

In unincorporated Sonoma County, no permit is required to keep up to four dogs and/or four cats on a property. Keeping…

Visalia's official Animal Services Licensing page requires every dog and cat over four months of age residing in the…

Imperial County doesn't license cats, but officers may capture any cat found running at large in the unincorporated…

Los Angeles caps cats at 5 per premises and imposes strict additional requirements, indoor confinement, spay/neuter…

Oxnard requires any cat allowed outdoors to be surgically sterilized under Code § 5-64. Letting an unaltered cat…

Riverside County makes it unlawful for owners to let unspayed or unaltered cats four months and older roam outdoors in…

Sacramento requires every cat over four months old to be licensed by the city, and bans keeping an unsterilized cat…

Feeding feral cats in Turlock requires registering as a caretaker with Animal Services and agreeing to trap…

Every cat over four months old in Alameda must carry a paid license and a current rabies vaccination, with the license…

Anaheim does not license cats or restrict them from running at large, but feeding feral or stray cats on public…

Antioch's animal code exempts roaming cats from the dog-style at-large rule but still bans feeding a feral cat anywhere…

Berkeley declares feral cats a public nuisance, but anyone feeding or sheltering a colony avoids citation by…

Buena Park caps most addresses at three cats over six months old, but unlike dogs, cats are exempt from the citywide…

Every domestic cat over four months old in Butte County must carry a current rabies vaccination under Section 4-20 of…

Carson requires every cat over four months old to be licensed and tagged, with fees set by the City and reduced rates…

Cupertino caps ownership at three cats over four months old per property, and no more than one of them can be unspayed…

Eastvale makes it unlawful for an unspayed or unaltered cat four months or older to be outdoors anywhere in the city…

El Cajon has no separate cat-licensing law, but it regulates cats through its rabies-quarantine and shelter-adoption…

El Dorado County requires a license for any noncommercial cattery keeping five or more cats over four months old, under…

Elk Grove requires every cat over four months old to carry a City license under EGMC § 8.03.010, with a microchip and…

Every cat over four months old in Folsom must wear a city license tag under Municipal Code Section 7.06.010, obtained…

Every cat four months or older living in Fremont must carry a city license under Municipal Code Section 6.20.030, on…

Cat licensing is optional in Garden Grove unless a household keeps five or more cats, which triggers the animal permit…

Glendale runs a voluntary trap-neuter-return program for feral cats under Chapter 6.03, and anyone acting as a…

Glenn County Code Section 8.04.100 sets a minimum four-business-day shelter hold for impounded cats, six days if the…

Hanford bans letting a cat run free unless it is spayed/neutered, rabies-vaccinated, and ear-tipped or licensed…

Hawthorne does not require an individual license for cats the way it does for dogs, but cats are still covered by the…

Huntington Beach folds cats into its general livestock at-large ban: Municipal Code Section 7.12.020(A) makes it…

Lake County does not require cats to be individually licensed like dogs, but anyone caring for a feral or community cat…

LBMC § 6.08.010(B) requires every cat over four months old to wear a City-issued license tag or carry an identifiable…

In unincorporated Los Angeles County, every cat over four months old must be individually licensed within 30 days of…

Los Banos makes it unlawful to feed a feral cat unless the feeder registers as a caretaker with the City, feeds daily…

Marin County requires every cat to be vaccinated against rabies, whether owned by a household or a colony caretaker…

Menifee requires every cat four months or older to be spayed or neutered, making it unlawful under Municipal Code…

Merced treats a cat off its owner's property and not under physical restraint as 'at large,' a violation of Municipal…

Cats in unincorporated Merced County can't run loose off their owner's property (the ordinance defines 'at large' to…

Modesto does not require cat owners to license their cats, unlike dogs; licensing is voluntary and unlocks a…

Moorpark requires every cat over four months old kept in the city 30 or more days to carry a current license and tag or…

Murrieta's Development Code caps cat ownership under Section 16.44.040(E): up to four cats or dogs per household in any…

Newport Beach does not require cats to be licensed like dogs, but a cat allowed to stray onto public property or…

Norwalk does not require pet cats to be licensed; owners may get an optional identification license. But keeping a cat…

Oakland does not license cats, but any cat over four months old that is permitted to roam off its owner's enclosed…

Ontario Municipal Code Section 6-1.216 sets the redemption and disposal process for impounded cats. An owner can…

In the City of Pacifica, every cat over three months old must carry a current annual license under Pacifica Municipal…

Anyone whose cat breeds within Palm Springs city limits must first hold a City breeding permit, renewed annually for a…

Palmdale requires every cat kept in the city to be individually licensed and kept primarily indoors. PMC § 6.04.080(B)…

Perris bars owners from letting an unspayed or unaltered cat four months or older roam or remain outdoors anywhere in…

Petaluma requires unconfined cats over four months old to be spayed or neutered under §9.08.130(F), and separately…

Pomona requires every cat over four months old, or kept in the city more than 30 days, to be licensed within 30 days…

Rancho Cordova requires every cat over four months old to carry a city license and tag from animal services, with fees…

Rancho Cucamonga's Development Code caps how many cats a household can keep based on lot size: three cats on lots under…

Redding bars anyone from feeding cats outdoors by leaving food on the ground or in containers on public property, and…

Redwood City makes it a nuisance for a cat's owner or keeper to let the animal's waste sit on any property besides its…

Rohnert Park requires every cat over four months old to wear a city license tag and bars letting an unaltered cat roam…

Roseville requires every cat over four months old to carry a city license, the same rule that applies to dogs, under…

Sacramento County exempts the domestic cat from the countywide at-large ban: Code § 8.08.050(1) prohibits every other…

Salinas treats cats differently from dogs: Section 7-1's at-large prohibition 'shall not apply to domesticated cats,'…

Unincorporated San Benito County requires cats allowed to roam public streets or run at large to carry a current rabies…

Beyond the base five-cat limit, San Bernardino lets owners keep more cats only under a tiered fancier permit tied to…

Cats need no county license, but strays and pet cats can't roam free: except community cats returned under a TNVR…

San Diego County doesn't license cats, but if animal control impounds your unaltered cat found at large, County Code §…

San José requires cats over four months old to be licensed and rabies-vaccinated, caps households at five adult cats…

San Luis Obispo County caps most properties at three cats, bans letting an unaltered cat roam at large under Code Sec…

Unincorporated San Mateo County requires an annual license for every cat over three months old, with lower fees for…

Cats are not licensed in Santa Ana, Section 5-51 levies its license fee on dogs only, but Section 5-14 still requires…

Unaltered cats six months or older need a county unaltered animal license and tag, valid one year, before their owners…

Santa Clara's General Code requires every cat over four months old to be licensed under Municipal Code § 6.30.040, with…

Every cat over four months old kept in unincorporated Santa Clara County must be licensed with the County, with narrow…

Santa Clarita's only cat-specific confinement rule targets cat kennels: Section 8.32.070 requires anyone who owns or…

Feeding a feral cat colony in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is illegal unless the caretaker registers with Animal…

Santa Maria's animal shelter must verify whether an unclaimed stray cat is feral or tame using a standardized…

Simi Valley allows small-scale cat breeding, up to four adult cats with two litters a year, in every residential zone…

Every cat four months or older in Stockton must carry a City license under Municipal Code § 6.04.090, renewed on the…

Sunnyvale has no citywide cat license or leash law, but Chapter 6.03 regulates how cats change hands: a kitten cannot…

Temecula requires every cat over four months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner qualifies for a hobby…

Vallejo caps household cat ownership at four animals over four months old under Section 7.04.030, the same numeric…

Whittier's animal code, built on the Los Angeles County Code adopted by reference, sets its cat ceiling separately from…

Yuba City has no cat licensing requirement like it does for dogs: cats fall under the "other animals" article of Title…

Cats are the one animal Bishop exempts from its leash and at-large restraint rule, so cats may roam. But a cat kept in…

Camarillo caps household cats at four per lot in the R-1 zone and folds cats into its general animal-at-large ban, but…

Chino Hills does not license or leash cats: Chapter 6.08's licensing duty in Section 6.08.040 and leash rule in Section…

Clovis does not license cats: Municipal Code § 6.1.201 requires tags only for dogs and Vietnamese potbellied pigs…

Downey does not require cat owners to license their cats. Municipal Code Section 4271 offers only an optional…

El Monte's own code prints just one cat-specific numeric rule: a cat kennel cannot sit within 35 feet of a neighbor's…

Cat licensing is optional in Fairfield, unlike the mandatory dog license, under Municipal Code Section 3.26. Owners who…

Unlike dogs, cats in Fresno are explicitly carved out of the City's 'at large' enforcement scheme. Municipal Code…

Unlike dogs, cats in Irvine are never required to wear a City license tag: Sec. 4-5-211 makes cat registration…

Kings County does not individually license cats the way it licenses dogs, but cats are still barred from running at…

Manteca has no cat licensing or leash law, but impounded cats, strays or those picked up at large, go through a set…

Mendocino County makes it an infraction for a cat to damage property or bite, scratch, or claw a person or another…

Monterey County treats cats more lightly than dogs: an owner may obtain a license for a cat four months or older but is…

Moreno Valley makes cat licensing optional, not mandatory: Section 10.02.030 lets an owner obtain a license, including…

Unlike dogs, cats in Mountain View are never required to carry a city license: City Code Sec. 5.53(b) makes cat…

In unincorporated Orange County, cat owners can voluntarily license their cats with proof of rabies vaccination, but…

Pasadena doesn't license or leash cats the way it does dogs, but Municipal Code Section 6.24.020 keeps cat breeding and…

Placer County does not require cat owners to license their pets, unlike dogs. Under County Code § 6.12.010(J), a cat…

Riverside has no leash law or at-large restriction for cats. RMC §8.04.080 bans letting 'any animal, except a cat' roam…

Unlike dogs, cats over four months old in San Clemente are never required to carry a license. Section 6.10.130 makes…

Santa Rosa bans cats from public parks and playgrounds outright under § 7-20.010, with impoundment for violators…

Unlike dogs, cat licensing in unincorporated Solano County is optional: owners "may procure" a license rather than…

Cat registration in unincorporated Sonoma County is voluntary, not mandatory like dog licensing: owners may register…

Tracy exempts free-roaming "community cats" from licensing and its at-large nuisance law, but anyone who feeds one must…

Union City's leash mandate in Chapter 8.12 names only dogs; cats are simply "animals" under Section 8.04.020, so…

Upland lets cat owners license their cats voluntarily rather than mandatorily, exempts domesticated cats from the…

Unlike dogs, cats that are spayed/neutered or currently licensed by the City of Visalia are allowed to roam freely off…

West Sacramento exempts domestic cats from its at-large and trespass laws, but owners remain liable if their cat…

Yolo County exempts domestic cats from its leash and at-large law under § 6-1.401, so a free-roaming cat is not itself…

Unincorporated Yuba County largely leaves cat owners alone. County Code § 8.05.080 says 'nothing in this Chapter shall…

Alhambra opts out of part of Los Angeles County's animal law: Municipal Code § 7.04.030(A) amends County Animal Control…

Bellflower requires dog owners to license their dogs but imposes no licensing requirement on cats; cat owners may…

Fresno County has no cat licensing requirement, but Chapter 9.10 authorizes and regulates a trap-neuter-return protocol…

Fullerton's animal-keeping code makes every pet owner cage, pen or fence in their animals and keeps them off the…

Hayward is unusual for exempting cats outright from its leash and at-large law: Sections 4-4.13 and 4-4.14 apply only…

Kern County Code Chapter 7.08 requires every dog over four months old to be licensed, tagged, and vaccinated, but the…

Cat licensing is optional in unincorporated Madera County, unlike the mandatory license and vaccination scheme that…

Unlike dogs, cats are written out of Rialto's at-large and stray-animal rules: the code's own definition of "stray…

Stanislaus County does not require cat owners to license their cats. Section 7.54.070 makes it voluntary, unlike the…

Thousand Oaks does not require cat owners to license their cats or make them wear tags, unlike the Los Angeles County…

Victorville does not require cat owners to license their cats. Cats over four months with current rabies shots qualify…

Clovis requires every dog or cat over four months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner documents a specific…

Garden Grove's only mandatory sterilization law targets pot-bellied pigs: Municipal Code Section 6.04.020(B)(5)…

Lake County makes it unlawful to own, harbor, or keep a dog or cat over four months old in the unincorporated area…

Mountain View forces sterilization on any dog or cat impounded twice or more from the same owner over the animal's…

Ontario's only mandatory spay-neuter rule targets pet pot-bellied pigs, not dogs or cats generally. Section 6-1.230…

Pasadena requires every dog and cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered under Municipal Code Section 6.09.010…

Riverside requires every dog and cat over seven months old to be spayed or neutered under RMC §8.21.010: a citywide…

Rohnert Park requires an unconfined cat found outside its owner's yard to be spayed or neutered under § 6.04.150, and…

Every dog or cat adopted, purchased or rescued from the Solano County Animal Shelter must be spayed or neutered within…

Sonoma County requires every pit bull over four months old in the unincorporated area to be spayed or neutered, and any…

Temecula requires every dog and cat over four months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner holds an unaltered…

Bakersfield requires every dog over six months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner holds an annual unaltered…

Eastvale bars anyone from owning an unaltered, unspayed dog or cat over four months old unless the owner obtains a…

Fontana requires every Pit Bull, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier or identifiable mix to be…

Fresno doesn't require spaying or neutering on day one, but its 'Pet Responsibility Act' (Municipal Code Section…

Fresno County requires every dog and cat over four months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner buys an…

Kings County requires every dog and cat over four months to be spayed or neutered, with the only owner alternative…

Lancaster requires every pit bull and Rottweiler kept in the city, classified as a "restricted dog," to be spayed or…

LBMC § 6.16.085 bars anyone from keeping a cat past four months or a dog past six months unaltered, unless the animal…

Los Angeles requires all dogs and cats over 4 months of age to be spayed or neutered unless the owner has documented…

In unincorporated LA County (and contract cities where Title 10 applies), dogs and cats four months or older must be…

Manteca requires pit bull breeds to be spayed or neutered unless the owner obtains an intact-breed permit, based on…

Moorpark requires mandatory spay or neuter, at the owner's expense, for any dog formally determined potentially…

Petaluma requires unconfined cats over four months old to be spayed or neutered, and dogs over six months old cited for…

Riverside County requires owners of unaltered dogs and cats to spay or neuter the animal, get a veterinarian-signed…

San Bernardino bars owning an unaltered dog over four months old unless it qualifies for a narrow exemption. New…

San Bernardino County requires every Pit Bull over four months old to be spayed or neutered, with narrow exemptions for…

San Luis Obispo County requires dogs and cats leaving the county shelter to be spayed or neutered before adoption, with…

Cats and dogs over six months old in unincorporated San Mateo County must be spayed or neutered unless the owner…

San Rafael does not order every pet owner to spay or neuter an animal. Under Municipal Code Section 14.17.020, keeping…

Every dog or cat over six months old in unincorporated Santa Barbara County must be spayed or neutered, unless the…

Santa Clarita requires every dog over four months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner instead obtains an…

Owning an unaltered dog, cat, or rabbit over six months old in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is illegal under SCCC §…

Santa Maria doesn't order every pet fixed by force, but Section 5-3.301(a)(3) requires every dog or cat over four…

Any dog cited for running at large in Santa Rosa, meaning cited under the leash rules at §§ 7-12.100 or 7-12.110, must…

Stockton does not sterilize every pet by default, but § 6.04.210 makes it unlawful for a female dog or cat to breed…

Turlock has no blanket spay/neuter mandate, but no dog or cat in the city may be bred without first obtaining a Breeder…

Vallejo won't hand an impounded dog back to its owner without addressing its reproductive status. Section 7.16.045…

Every dog or cat over six months old kept in unincorporated Ventura County must be spayed or neutered under Ordinance…

Dogs and cats over six months old adopted from Alameda County's own animal shelter must be spayed or neutered before…

Alhambra requires every dog over six months old to be spayed or neutered unless the owner instead obtains an…

Anaheim follows California state guidance and OC Animal Care policy requiring spay or neuter for adopted shelter…

Antioch does not mandate spay/neuter for pets kept at home, but no unclaimed dog or cat may leave the Animal Shelter…

Any dog or cat adopted from the Town of Apple Valley Animal Shelter must be spayed or neutered at the time of adoption…

Berkeley bars its Animal Shelter, humane societies and rescue groups from transferring any dog or cat over six months…

Buena Park limits any address to one unspayed female dog unless the owner holds a city breeding permit: a numeric cap…

Calaveras County doesn't require every owned pet to be fixed, but two Chapter 6.08 provisions push hard toward it…

Chula Vista requires any dog or cat impounded a second time at the City Animal Care Facility to be spayed or neutered…

Contra Costa County's Animal Services Department requires spay or neuter surgery before releasing certain impounded…

Cupertino doesn't force every owner to sterilize a pet, but anyone adopting a dog or cat from a Santa Clara County…

El Cajon's animal shelter will not let anyone adopt a cat or dog that has not already been altered, unless the adopter…

Elk Grove doesn't require every pet to be fixed, but EGMC § 8.05.040(B) makes spaying or neutering mandatory once a dog…

Fairfield has no citywide mandatory spay/neuter law; the only mandated spay or neuter in the Municipal Code applies to…

Folsom does not mandate that every owned pet be spayed or neutered, but Municipal Code Section 7.10.090 bars the city…

Fremont doesn't require spay or neuter city-wide, but a dog or cat impounded more than once while unaltered must be…

Glenn County does not require owned pets to be spayed or neutered, but Code Section 8.04.093 fines the owner of any…

Hanford requires its animal shelter to spay or neuter every dog and cat it sells, gives away, or releases, following…

Dogs impounded by Hesperia animal control face mandatory spaying or neutering: unlicensed dogs on the first violation…

Huntington Beach's mandatory spay-or-neuter rule is narrow: it applies only to miniature pot-bellied pigs kept under a…

Dogs and cats in Jurupa Valley must be spayed or neutered unless the owner provides a certificate of sterility…

Unincorporated Kern County does not mandate spaying or neutering of pets. Owners of unaltered dogs instead pay higher…

A Los Banos dog or cat impounded a third time within 12 months must be spayed or neutered, at the owner's expense…

Mendocino County will not place a dog or cat up for adoption from the County shelter unless it has been spayed or…

Menifee requires dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered. An unaltered dog may be kept only with a certificate of…

A dog or cat impounded a third time within 12 months in unincorporated Merced County must be spayed or neutered, at the…

Modesto does not force every dog or cat to be fixed, but Code Section 5-4.503(a) bars anyone from breeding a dog or cat…

Monterey County will not release an unclaimed dog or cat for adoption from the County Animal Shelter unless it is…

Moreno Valley requires every dog and cat to be spayed or neutered, or covered by a veterinarian's certificate of…

Newport Beach does not mandate spay or neuter for dogs and cats citywide, but any miniature pot-bellied pig kept in the…

OC Animal Care won't sell or give away an unredeemed female dog unless she's already neutered or the adopter pays a…

Oxnard bans letting an unaltered cat roam outdoors. City Code Sec. 5-64 requires any cat with outdoor access to be…

In the City of Pacifica, an unaltered animal impounded a second time within three years must be spayed or neutered…

Perris bars owning an unaltered dog or cat over 12 months old unless the animal is spayed/neutered, has a sterility…

Placer County does not mandate spay or neuter surgery for every pet, but every dog or cat adopted from the county…

Pomona requires any cat over six months old that is allowed outdoors to be spayed or neutered, under City Code Sec…

Rancho Cordova does not force every owner to sterilize a pet, but it fines owners of an impounded unaltered dog or cat…

Rancho Cucamonga does not mandate spaying or neutering household cats or dogs, but its Development Code requires…

Redlands does not require all dogs to be altered. The sole mandatory spay/neuter duty in the code applies to a dog…

Sacramento requires a dog to be spayed or neutered at the owner's expense before a second or subsequent redemption from…

Dogs and cats over four months old must be spayed or neutered to be legally possessed in the county, unless the owner…

Salinas has no citywide spay/neuter mandate, but Municipal Code Section 7-41.010(c)(2) requires any dog the city…

San Clemente does not require pets citywide to be fixed, but a dog formally declared potentially dangerous must be…

Dogs and cats adopted from San Diego County's animal shelter must be altered within 30 days of the adoption or…

San Jose has no citywide law requiring pet dogs or cats to be spayed or neutered. The mandate is narrow: once the city…

Santa Ana follows OC Animal Care policies that strongly encourage spay and neuter, with sharply higher license fees for…

Santa Clara Municipal Code § 6.10.100 requires that any dog or cat impounded twice or more from the same owner during…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County doesn't mandate spaying every pet, but caps each household at one unspayed female dog…

South Gate requires SEAACA to spay or neuter shelter dogs and cats eight weeks or older before adoption, or hold a…

Stanislaus County requires a litter permit from the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency before any dog or cat may breed…

Sutter County does not require privately owned dogs or cats to be spayed or neutered. Only animals adopted out by the…

Unincorporated Tehama County has no blanket spay/neuter mandate, but owners of unaltered dogs or cats that get…

Tracy doesn't require every pet to be fixed, but once Animal Services impounds the same unaltered dog or cat three or…

Truckee does not require every dog or cat owner to sterilize a pet, but the Town's animal shelter cannot adopt one out…

Dogs in unincorporated Tulare County must be spayed or neutered by six months old under Ordinance Code § 4-07-3225…

Vacaville has no citywide mandatory spay/neuter law, but VMC § 6.04.230(D) flatly requires every miniature pot-bellied…

Yuba County's animal shelter cannot adopt out a dog or cat that hasn't been spayed or neutered; if a vet certifies the…

Alameda does not require every dog or cat owner to sterilize their pet, but anyone adopting an unspayed or unneutered…

Bellflower's Animal Care Center may not sell or give away a cat or dog over eight weeks old unless it's already spayed…

Mission Viejo has no blanket law forcing every dog or cat owner to sterilize their pet; the only mandatory spay/neuter…

Norwalk has no citywide mandate requiring residents to spay or neuter their own pets. The ordinance instead binds the…

The City of Sonoma does not require all dogs to be spayed or neutered. Under Sonoma Municipal Code § 8.10.050, every…

Sunnyvale has no citywide spay-or-neuter mandate for pet owners in Title 6. The only fixed-status requirement sits in…

Yuba City does not require every pet spayed or neutered, but it uses money to steer owners there: unaltered dogs and…

Daly City does not require all pets to be sterilized, but Municipal Code Section 6.04.280 charges a refundable $100…

Simi Valley expressly deleted the Ventura County spay/neuter mandate it otherwise adopted by reference. Section 6-1.201…

West Covina adopted Los Angeles County's Title 10 Animal Control Code as its own ordinance in 2017, but City Council…

Whittier adopted Los Angeles County's Title 10 animal control code, but Municipal Code Section 6.04.050(F) carves out…

Every dog over four months old in Chino Hills must carry an implanted identifying microchip under Municipal Code…

Every dog and cat adopted, released, redeemed or rescued from the Solano County Animal Shelter must be implanted with a…

Butte County does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but Section 4-51 of the dangerous animal permit article…

Fresno's Pet Responsibility Act, Section 10-329, escalates penalties every time the same dog is caught at large: a…

All dogs and cats over four months old in Jurupa Valley must be implanted with an identifying microchip, and owners…

Rancho Cucamonga does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but any dog or animal formally declared potentially…

Redding has no general pet microchip mandate, but once a dog is formally classified dangerous after an administrative…

Rialto has no citywide microchip mandate for ordinary pets, but any dog formally declared "potentially dangerous" by…

Every dog and cat in unincorporated Riverside County must be microchipped by four months old, with owners required to…