Animal Ordinances in Indiana (2026)

Indiana's Right to Farm Act protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and limits local…

Carmel City Code § 6-93 makes it unlawful to keep cows, swine, chickens, horses, sheep, goats or ducks on less than…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bans keeping livestock or poultry, including backyard chickens, anywhere in the city…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, keeping chickens, ducks, turkeys or any other domestic bird or fowl as a pet is banned…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana bans keeping chickens and other livestock inside city limits. Lafayette Municipal Code §…

City Code § 90.19 bars anyone on property zoned R-1 through R-6 under the city's zoning code from keeping or harboring…

Noblesville bans keeping, raising, confining or feeding hogs, chickens, ducks, goats, sheep or cows anywhere in the…

The City of Columbus, Indiana allows a backyard chicken flock of no more than four hens, with no roosters, on…

Keeping a cow, horse, swine, or other large animal within Evansville requires a large animal permit under EMC…

Fort Wayne bans keeping cattle, goats, horses, poultry, pigs, and other farm animals in the city unless the Department…

In the City of Gary, keeping chickens, poultry, pigeons, or livestock such as horses, cattle, goats, sheep, and swine…

LaPorte County's zoning code bans breeding or raising non-farm fowl or livestock outright in every residential and…

Vanderburgh County confines poultry and livestock raising to its most rural zoning districts. Section 17.20.210's Use…

In unincorporated Allen County, chickens, goats, and similar livestock are permitted by right in the A1 Agricultural…

In the City of Bloomington, keeping backyard chickens requires a flock permit from Animal Care and Control, a flock…

Unincorporated Boone County, Indiana does not cap a few backyard chickens or horses; raising livestock and poultry is a…

Elkhart County's animal code names chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks as LIVESTOCK under § 90.01 and requires every…

Fishers requires anyone keeping livestock in the city, horses, cows, goats, pigs, or fowl, to provide adequate food…

Unincorporated Floyd County lets owners keep livestock and poultry, including backyard chickens, but requires them to…

Hamilton County's animal code defines livestock to expressly include fowl, meaning backyard chickens are regulated the…

Indianapolis-Marion County's updated zoning code (Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance) permits backyard hens…

In unincorporated Lake County, keeping horses and farm animals is prohibited except on traditional farms (20+…

Porter County allows backyard poultry and livestock as "hobby farming" under the Unified Development Ordinance, but…

South Bend allows up to 6 hens per single-family home with a Chicken Coop Permit; roosters are banned. Coops give 1 sq…

Raising chickens on residentially zoned land under five acres in unincorporated St. Joseph County requires an annual…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, a resident may keep up to two horses they personally own as an accessory use with…

Warrick County Code excludes chickens and other poultry from its LIVESTOCK definition, so backyard fowl are not covered…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, Wayne County Code § 156.075(B) limits agricultural animals and poultry on A-1…

Westfield's animal code defines livestock to expressly include fowl, so chickens and other livestock kept in the city…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, the Board of Commissioners' animal chapter defines LIVESTOCK as horses, cows, goats, pigs…

In Clark County's A1 Agricultural Zone, raising livestock is a permitted use by right. Section 156.21(B)(1) lists…

Anderson Municipal Code Sec. 91.51(B) requires all animals to be kept under restraint. Sec. 91.51(F) makes it unlawful…

In unincorporated Allen County, Indiana, dogs may not run at large. ACC 8-33-3-5 requires every owner to keep an animal…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Bartholomew County for an owner to let a dog repeatedly run at large so as to create a…

In the City of Bloomington, every animal except spayed or neutered cats wearing identification or ear-tipped feral cats…

Carmel's City Code sets no dog-restraint rule, so the Hamilton County Animal Control ordinance (Title 15, Art. 2.1)…

Section 91.36 requires every dog and cat in Clark County to be kept under restraint at all times, defined by Section…

Section 6.08.010 of the Columbus Municipal Code says all animals shall be restrained in the City of Columbus, Indiana…

Dearborn County, Indiana makes it unlawful for an owner or harborer to let any animal run at large, collar and tag or…

Elkhart County requires every dog owner to keep the animal 'properly under restraint and not at large' under §…

Evansville requires any animal to be leashed whenever it is off the owner's property, and separately bans dogs running…

Fishers bans letting any animal run at large, collared or not, anywhere in the city and requires owners to keep pets…

In unincorporated Floyd County it is unlawful to let any owned animal run at large; dogs and other pets must be kept…

Fort Wayne dogs must be on a leash under control or confined on the owner's property citywide, and on a leash 6 feet or…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 8-3 requires every animal, including dogs, to stay under restraint at all times…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana makes it a violation for an owner or keeper to let an animal run at large, and the Code…

Indiana requires owners to reasonably restrain dogs; letting a dog stray off your premises is an infraction, and…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, dogs and cats must be humanely restrained on their owner's property, either indoors…

Hendricks County requires every dog owner to keep their dog under restraint at all times and bars letting a dog run at…

Unincorporated Howard County requires dogs to be leashed or under an owner's complete control at all times off the…

Indianapolis bans letting any animal run at large under Sec. 531-102, defined as loose and not on a leash under a…

Kokomo prohibits letting any dog run at large, meaning off the owner's property and not restrained by a leash or under…

Lafayette, Indiana bans letting any animal run at large. Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.03.045 requires owners to keep…

In unincorporated Lake County, dogs may not run at large. An owner or keeper must not cause, suffer, or allow an animal…

LaPorte County makes it unlawful for anyone to let a dog or other domestic animal run at large in the unincorporated…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, the Board of Commissioners defines a dog as at large whenever it is off its…

Muncie requires every dog and cat, except sterilized and identified cats, to be kept under restraint at all times under…

Noblesville makes it unlawful for any owner to let a dog, cat, or other animal run at large anywhere inside the city…

Sec. 4-9 of Porter County's Animal Control Ordinance bars owners from letting a dog run at large and requires every dog…

South Bend requires every animal to be kept under control off the owner's property, meaning leashed, caged, or under…

In unincorporated St. Joseph County, a dog is legally "at large" if it is off its owner's property without a leash, or…

Tippecanoe County owners may not let a dog or other animal run at-large: loose and out of the owner's direct control or…

Vanderburgh County's Animal Control Ordinance makes it a violation for an owner, agent or custodian to let an animal go…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 131.10 bars any dog from straying beyond its owner's property…

Wayne County Code § 90.03 forbids letting a dog run at large anywhere in unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, defining…

Westfield bans letting any animal run at large and requires owners to keep pets restrained at all times under Section…

Boone County's animal code discourages chaining a dog but does not ban it: a chained dog needs at least a 12-foot chain…

In the City of Gary, Article V of Chapter 8 (§§ 8-135 through 8-146) singles out the American Pit Bull Terrier and…

Howard County treats 'dangerous dog' as a formal classification made by the Department of Animal Services, not a banned…

Dearborn County, Indiana names no restricted breed. Instead §§ 90.18 and 90.19 let an animal control officer designate…

Elkhart County has no breed ban: § 90.01 defines DANGEROUS ANIMAL by conduct, not breed, covering any animal that…

Fishers has no breed-specific ban; instead, City Code § 91.07 lets an Animal Control Officer declare any individual…

Floyd County does not restrict dogs by breed. Instead, unincorporated Floyd County declares an animal "dangerous" based…

Hamilton County does not ban dog breeds by name. County Code Section 15-2.1-1-10 lets a prior court finding turn any…

Hammond, Indiana does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, Hammond Animal Control can declare any animal 'dangerous' after a…

Hendricks County has no breed-specific ban; instead it declares individual animals dangerous or potentially dangerous…

Muncie has no breed-specific ban; instead City Code § 90.08(C) lets the board of animal care and services declare any…

Noblesville does not restrict dogs by breed. Under Code § 90.09, an animal becomes legally "vicious" only after a court…

Porter County does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, Sec. 4-8 of the Animal Control Ordinance lets county animal control…

South Bend does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, an Animal Welfare Commission hearing declares individual animals…

St. Joseph County has no breed ban; it regulates dogs by behavior. A dog that attacks a person or another animal, or…

Vanderburgh County has no breed ban: the code expressly states a dog's breed cannot be used to declare it "dangerous,"…

Warrick County does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, County Code § 131.01 defines a DANGEROUS DOG by conduct, such as…

Westfield does not ban any dog breed by name. Instead, Section 10-9 lets a court declare any individual animal vicious…

Allen County's Animal Control Ordinance imposes no breed-specific ban. It regulates dogs by behavior: ACC 8-33-3-4…

Anderson's animal code has no breed-specific ban. Dangerous dogs are handled by conduct under the vicious-animal…

Bartholomew County does not regulate dogs by breed. Instead, county law defines a "vicious animal" as one known to have…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, dangerous-animal status is decided by the Animal Care Services Commission on an…

Unincorporated Lake County imposes breed-specific rules on pit bulls. When not confined, a pit bull must be muzzled and…

Tippecanoe County does not ban or restrict any dog breed by name. Chapter 90 instead defines a "hazardous animal" by…

Evansville's Animal Control chapter defines a dangerous animal by documented aggressive behavior, not by breed. EMC…

Indianapolis does not have any breed-specific ban or restriction; pit bulls and other breeds are legal to own…

Morgan County, Indiana does not restrict dogs by breed. Instead, the Board of Commissioners regulates 'dangerous or…

Indiana does not require statewide apiary registration, but IC 14-24-8-4 bars bringing bees or beekeeping equipment in…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 8-9(b) makes it unlawful to keep bees within 200 feet of another person's…

Beekeeping is permitted in unincorporated Allen County's agricultural zones. The Zoning Ordinance defines 'Apiculture'…

Carmel allows personal-use beekeeping on property you own, rent, or lease, but caps hives by lot size, from one hive on…

Beekeeping is legal across Elkhart County and treated as agriculture. Indiana requires no state hive registration…

Fort Wayne allows residential beekeeping with a sliding scale of two to eight hives based on lot size, plus mandatory…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, keeping bees in a residential district is a public nuisance unless the beekeeper stays…

Indianapolis zoning permits personal beekeeping of domesticated honeybees in every zoning district under Sec…

Unincorporated Lake County allows backyard beekeeping as an accessory use. Up to four hives are permitted, plus one…

South Bend allows honey bee hives citywide but caps them at 17 cubic feet and sets strict placement rules: a 4-foot…

Backyard beekeepers in unincorporated St. Joseph County can only keep the domestic honey bee, Apis mellifera, in hives…

Indiana Code 14-22-26 and 312 IAC 9-11 regulate possession of wild and exotic animals, requiring permits from the…

Anderson Municipal Code Sec. 91.63 makes it unlawful to keep any wild or vicious animal for display, or to keep any…

Bartholomew County Code § 92.05(G) bars anyone in unincorporated Bartholomew County from keeping a wild animal as a pet…

In the City of Bloomington, no one may keep a wild or exotic animal on their property for any purpose, and a list of…

The City of Columbus, Indiana splits wild animals into two classes. Class 1 animals such as hedgehogs and sugar gliders…

Evansville prohibits keeping 'controlled animals', primates, big cats, large constrictor snakes, crocodilians and more…

Fort Wayne bans owning any wild animal native to Indiana and any dangerous wild or exotic animal, with narrow…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 8-5 bans keeping any wild animal as a pet and bars keeping a wild or vicious…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, no one may keep a wild or vicious animal for display or exhibition, and no one may…

Hendricks County bars keeping any wild animal within the county unless the County Planning and Zoning Department and…

Howard County bans keeping wild animals as pets in the unincorporated area. Section 90.01 defines WILD ANIMALS broadly…

Kokomo outright bans keeping wild animals as pets within city limits. Section 90.02(E) makes it unlawful for any person…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana bans keeping wild animals as pets. Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.02.020 makes it…

In the City of Muncie, anyone occupying property zoned R-1 through R-6 under the Title XV zoning code may not keep or…

South Bend bans keeping, buying, selling or trading a dangerous wild or exotic animal, and any wild or exotic animal…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, an exotic animal is any animal native to a foreign country or not native to the United…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not ban exotic animals outright but requires owners to register them with the animal…

Owning a wild or dangerous animal in Indianapolis requires registering it with animal care services first, and no one…

In unincorporated St. Joseph County, nobody can keep a wild, exotic or controlled animal without county, state and…

Allen County's Animal Control Ordinance regulates 'domestic animals,' not exotic species. It sets no specific…

Unincorporated Lake County bans keeping wild animals without a Director's waiver, even if you hold a state or federal…

Noblesville does not license exotic pets itself: § 90.10 bars keeping any wild or exotic animal in the city unless the…

Noblesville Code of Ordinances § 90.32 makes it unlawful to feed or scatter food for birds, pigeons or other fowl in…

Feeding deer on purpose is illegal anywhere in the City of Bloomington. Bloomington Municipal Code Section 7.40.030…

Feeding a colony of feral cats in Hamilton County is unlawful unless the colony is registered as a managed…

Allen County's Animal Control Ordinance regulates domestic animals and does not specifically prohibit feeding wildlife…

Anderson has no standalone wildlife-feeding ban, but Sec. 91.01 defines 'harboring' so that feeding an animal for three…

Feeding, scattering or leaving food for birds or fowl in Indianapolis parks, playgrounds, parkways and streets is…

Kokomo bans feeding, baiting or otherwise providing food to any wild animal or waterfowl on city-owned property…

South Bend prohibits feeding a free-roaming cat for more than 3 days unless enrolled in the managed community-cat…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, feeding ducks, geese or other waterfowl anywhere in the city carries a flat $25 fine…

Fishers defines animal hoarding as collecting animals without adequate care, letting dead animals accumulate, or…

LaPorte County's zoning definitions at § 150.05 classify any premises keeping more than four dogs, cats, or other…

The Allen County Animal Control Ordinance sets no fixed cap on the number of dogs or cats a household may keep. Instead…

Anderson has no statute using the word 'hoarding,' but keeping four or more dogs and/or cats makes you a regulated…

In the City of Bloomington, no one may own or harbor more than a total of nineteen cats and dogs over twelve months old…

Carmel's City Code sets no numeric pet limit, so the Hamilton County standard applies inside the city: a household with…

Clark County's zoning code draws the line for a residential pet owner at four animals: Section 156.05 defines a kennel…

Evansville's housing standard requires a minimum of 40 square feet of enclosure per animal up to 10 pounds, plus 10…

Fort Wayne caps household pet ownership at five dogs, seven cats, or a combined seven dogs and cats, unless the…

Gary caps how many licensed animals a household can keep without becoming a kennel. Municipal Code § 8-69(d) makes it…

Hammond Code of Ordinances § 121.20 classifies any premises keeping three or more dogs, cats, or other household…

Unincorporated Howard County caps how many dogs and cats a household can keep without a kennel license. Section 90.01…

Lake County Code sets no flat cap on household dogs or cats, but any person keeping animals must register them, and…

In the City of Muncie, keeping four or more dogs over six months old, six or more cats over four months old, or more…

South Bend does not cap altered pets, but owning more than one unaltered dog or cat over six months old requires a…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County sets no flat cap on dogs or cats per household, but keeping four or more animals…

The Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County does not impose a flat numerical limit on the number of dogs or…

Tippecanoe County's animal-control chapter does not cap the number of dogs or cats a household may keep. § 90.03(A)(8)…

Fishers bans feeding a feral cat colony unless it's a registered managed colony run under trap-neuter-return with…

Westfield allows feral cat colonies only if caregivers register them with Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinic, Inc. and follow…

Cats are 'domestic animals' under Allen County's ordinance and are bound by the stray and nuisance rules. ACC 8-33-3-1…

Cats in Anderson must be kept under restraint like other animals (Sec. 91.51). Sec. 91.72 adds a Community Cat (TNR)…

Every cat owner in unincorporated Bartholomew County must license the cat as state law requires, and abandoning a cat…

Carmel City Code § 6-101 addresses Feral Cats directly. For owned cats, the Hamilton County ordinance applies inside…

Section 91.39 requires every female dog or cat in heat to be confined in a building or secure enclosure so it cannot…

The City of Columbus, Indiana runs a trap, neuter and return community cat program. Free-roaming cats are sterilized…

Elkhart County's animal code protects colony caretakers who feed and shelter free-roaming cats. Section 90.13 keeps a…

Every cat owned, harbored, or kept in unincorporated Floyd County must be licensed with the animal shelter within 15…

Fort Wayne requires owners to register any cat over five months old with the city, but registered community cat…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 8-40(a) lets animal control officers pick up and impound any unrestrained cat…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, a female cat in heat must be confined so she cannot contact another animal, and…

Howard County treats stray or at-large cats the same as dogs under its apprehension rules. Section 90.05 authorizes the…

Kokomo treats cats much like dogs under Chapter 90: a cat found at large or acting as a public nuisance may be…

Lafayette, Indiana treats free-roaming cats as "community cats" under Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.09.010: a cat found…

Unincorporated Lake County requires dogs and cats over six months old to be vaccinated annually for rabies by a…

LaPorte County requires every cat over three months old to carry a current annual rabies vaccination under Code §…

Muncie folds cats into its general animal rules under City Code § 90.16(A) but adds a trap-neuter-return scheme for…

Feeding or sheltering a feral cat colony in Noblesville is unlawful under Code § 90.14 unless the colony is registered…

Vanderburgh County has no separate cat license or feral-colony ordinance. Chapter 6.05's Animal Control code defines…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, cats fall under the same restraint law as other pets, except that County…

Bloomington doesn't require a general cat license, but anyone feeding or sheltering a colony of feral cats in the City…

Dearborn County, Indiana requires no license for cats, but a cat counts as a community cat only if it is ear tipped…

Evansville runs a trap-neuter-return community cat program: free-roaming cats can be trapped, sterilized, ear-tipped…

Indianapolis authorizes trap-neuter-return for free-roaming cats under Sec. 531-209: anyone may humanely trap a stray…

Unlike dogs, cats may roam free in Porter County if spayed or neutered, and feral "colony" cats are protected once…

Tippecanoe County treats a free-roaming cat as a "community cat" under § 90.13 unless its owner can be identified by…

Boone County does not license cats or restrict outdoor cats by ordinance. The county code instead defines colonies…

Hendricks County has no cat leash law: Animal Control will not pick up cats simply for running at large. Strays…

Hamilton County requires every dog and cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian…

Westfield requires every dog and cat over six months old to be sterilized under Section 10-22, unless the owner holds a…

Every dog, cat, rabbit or ferret adopted out of the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter must be spayed or neutered…

Fishers requires every dog and cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered by a licensed vet, unless the owner…

Marion County requires the owner of any unaltered dog over six months old to register on the Marion County Unaltered…

Noblesville requires every dog and cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian under…

South Bend does not require every pet to be fixed, but a dog or cat impounded stray or at-large a second time must be…

Tippecanoe County does not require every pet fixed. But an owner cited for at-large, inoculation, restraint…

Warrick County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but County Code § 131.32(C) makes it mandatory…

Bartholomew County does not require pet owners generally to spay or neuter their animals, but § 92.05(H) caps any…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, an owner of an unaltered dog or cat found at large pays one hundred dollars for a…

Dearborn County, Indiana strongly advises sterilizing every dog and cat over six months old, but only adopted animals…

Evansville does not mandate spay/neuter for all pets, but requires it once an animal has been impounded stray or at…

Fort Wayne requires every dog and cat released for adoption through Animal Care and Control to be spayed or neutered…

Hendricks County does not require owners to spay or neuter pets outright, but an owner whose non-neutered dog or cat…

LaPorte County requires every dog or cat adopted from the county animal shelter or a local humane society to be spayed…

Porter County does not require every pet be sterilized, but Sec. 4-12(f) mandates spay or neuter at the owner's expense…

Any dog or cat adopted from a local humane society, animal care facility or welfare organization in St. Joseph County…

Unincorporated Floyd County has no ordinance requiring owners generally to spay or neuter their pets. The county's only…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, sterilization is mandatory only for unclaimed dogs and cats adopted out of the city…

Kokomo has no citywide spay/neuter mandate, but a dog declared potentially dangerous must be spayed or neutered within…

Lafayette, Indiana does not require every pet to be sterilized, but Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.08.060(E) requires…

Morgan County, Indiana has no blanket mandatory spay/neuter law for pet owners generally, but the Board of…

Muncie does not require existing pet owners citywide to spay or neuter their animals, but City Code § 90.09 makes it…

Every dog and cat three months or older in Westfield must carry permanent identification, either an implanted microchip…

In the City of Bloomington, an animal declared potentially dangerous, dangerous, or vicious by the animal control…

Every domestic animal six months or older that permanently lives in unincorporated Boone County with an owner based in…

Every dog, cat, and ferret kept in Evansville must be implanted with a microchip under EMC 6.05.030(A)(2), unless a…

Fishers requires every dog and cat three months or older kept in the city to carry a permanent microchip or ID-tagged…

In unincorporated Floyd County, the Animal Control Authority requires any impounded animal to be fitted with a…

Every dog or cat kept in unincorporated Howard County must carry permanent identification at all times under Section…

In the City of Muncie, any dog adopted through animal care and services must receive a microchip implant as a condition…

Every dog or cat kept in Noblesville past three months old must wear permanent identification, either an implanted…

Porter County requires microchipping only for repeat offenders: Sec. 4-12(f)(1) mandates a microchip implant, at the…

Tippecanoe County does not require every pet to carry a microchip. But any owner cited for an at-large, inoculation…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, every dog and cat must carry current identification outside the home. A registered…

Elkhart County doesn't require pet owners to microchip animals outright, but § 90.10(D) requires the county's animal…

Fort Wayne does not mandate microchipping every pet, but a sterilized dog or cat with a microchip implant qualifies for…

Hendricks County does not require microchips for every pet, but it mandates them for animals declared dangerous or…

Kokomo does not require microchips for pets generally, but a dog officially declared potentially dangerous must be…

Lafayette, Indiana does not require pet owners to microchip animals generally, but Lafayette Municipal Code §…

Lake County Animal Control treats a microchip as valid proof of ownership when a lost dog or cat is impounded. A…

Vanderburgh County's code does not require routine pet microchipping. The only microchip provision sits in the…

Warrick County does not require every pet to carry a microchip, but County Code § 131.32(F) lets Warrick County Animal…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, no pet shop can sell, offer for sale, barter, auction or give away cats, rabbits or…

Hamilton County outlaws puppy mills outright, fining backyard breeders and puppy-mill operators up to $1,500.00 per…

Porter County bans pet shops from selling or offering for sale any dog, cat or rabbit under Code Sec. 12-282, adopted…

In the City of Bloomington, no pet shop may sell cats or even offer them for sale; violating that ban is a separate…

Fishers bans puppy mills and backyard breeders outright; pet shops may still sell animals but must meet care…

Indianapolis pet shops cannot sell a dog, cat, or rabbit unless it came from an animal care services shelter or a…

In the City of Muncie, no pet shop or animal rescue facility may operate without an annual permit from the animal care…

Noblesville bans puppy mills outright and regulates every commercial animal establishment, including pet shops, under…

A licensed pet shop in unincorporated St. Joseph County cannot sell, trade or barter dogs or cats for a fee: it may…

Tippecanoe County bans retail pet stores in the unincorporated county from selling dogs or cats outright, adopted as a…

Dearborn County, Indiana does not ban retail sales of dogs or cats. A pet shop is a commercial animal establishment…

Fort Wayne does not ban pet stores from selling dogs and cats. Shops need an annual permit, must give buyers a written…

Hammond Code of Ordinances § 121.36 requires a license before operating a pet shop or cattery in Hammond, Indiana, with…

Lake County requires a pet shop permit for anyone selling dogs, cats or other animals, bars sale of a puppy or kitten…

South Bend allows pet shops to sell dogs and cats, it is not adoption-only, but every shop needs a permit, must give…

In the City of Westfield, Indiana, a pet shop is defined as a commercial animal establishment engaged in the retail…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, a domestic pet grooming facility cannot open by right anywhere. It needs a…

Pet grooming shops in the City of Westfield are regulated as commercial animal establishments under Chapter 10, not…

In the City of Bloomington, 'pet grooming' is a zoning use under the Unified Development Ordinance, not a separate…

Dearborn County, Indiana lists a pet grooming shop as a commercial animal establishment, so it must be at a permanent…

Anyone running a pet grooming business in Fort Wayne must get an annual $100 grooming establishment permit from Animal…

In the City of Gary, a grooming shop qualifies as a commercial animal establishment under Municipal Code § 8-1 and must…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a pet grooming operation is a distinct zoning use under the Unified Development…

Hammond Code of Ordinances § 121.01 requires a permit before operating a commercial animal establishment, a category…

Anyone operating a pet grooming shop in unincorporated Lake County must hold a grooming shop permit from Animal…

Noblesville Code of Ordinances § 90.47 requires grooming salon owner/operators, along with veterinarians and kennel…

Warrick County does not license pet groomers separately. County Code § 131.01 defines a GROOMING SHOP as any commercial…

Clark County treats animal hospitals and kennels as a special use, Table S.U. item #6, meaning a site needs Board of…

LaPorte County's zoning use table splits veterinary care into two categories with different rules. A veterinary…

Along the State Road 32 Overlay District, the corridor connecting downtown Noblesville to Midland Trace and I-69, the…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, the Unified Zoning Ordinance treats a veterinary clinic as a use that cannot hide…

In the City of Bloomington, a veterinarian clinic that keeps an outdoor kennel cannot have one in the MN, MM, or MD…

Boone County's Unified Zoning Ordinance confines veterinary animal hospitals and clinics to business and industrial…

Veterinary clinics are permitted outright in Evansville's agricultural, conservancy and airport zones, but need Special…

Gary's zoning code permits animal and veterinary clinics only as a listed use in B4 General Service Districts. Sec…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a veterinary clinic is a permitted principal use only in the Commercial-Small…

In the City of Muncie, kennels and veterinary hospitals or clinics are a permitted use only in the Farming (F) Zone…

Porter County's Unified Development Ordinance bars any animal hospital from operating as a home occupation in a…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, a veterinary clinic for large animals like horses and cattle is a permitted…

Elkhart County parks are a no-hunting zone for wild birds and other feral animals. Section 93.018 makes it unlawful to…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, discharging or shooting any weapon, including at birds, is unlawful under City Code…

Evansville bars hunting, harming, trapping, or possessing the eggs, nest, or young of any bird or wildlife within city…

In Kokomo's city parks, section 96.14 of the Code of Ordinances bars anyone from hunting, trapping, or otherwise…

LaPorte County Code § 93.16(G)(1) bars hunting, trapping, or otherwise molesting any wild bird within a county park…

Vanderburgh County Code 12.24.010(J) bans hunting, molesting, harming, or throwing missiles at any bird, wildlife…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, it is illegal to molest, kill, trap, hunt, shoot at or remove any bird, bird's nest…

Muncie bans selling or giving away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl under three weeks old, or rabbits under two…

In the City of Muncie, anyone operating a rescue facility, defined in City Code § 90.01(Q) as an organization that…

In the City of Bloomington it is unlawful to keep any wild or exotic animal on your property under Bloomington…