Animal Ordinances in Washington (2026)

Washington bars owners from willfully or negligently letting livestock run at large in any stock restricted area under…

Auburn allows up to four domestic fowl on a 6,000-square-foot lot, with one more bird per extra 2,000 square feet up to…

Bellingham requires horses, cattle, sheep, goats and swine to be securely confined or staked out, and kept at least 50…

Livestock use is allowed in all zoning districts in unincorporated Clark County. New urban-area livestock structures…

In unincorporated Cowlitz County's residential land use districts, CCC § 18.10.660 permits farming and gardening but…

Edmonds City Code 5.05.130.1 lets any single-family lot keep up to six female chickens, no roosters mentioned, with a…

Everett caps backyard chickens, fowl, rabbits and miniature goats or pigs on a sliding scale tied to lot size. A…

Federal Way caps backyard flocks at four chickens or ducks combined on lots under 35,000 square feet, with coops set…

Franklin County treats poultry as part of its residential 'animal unit' system rather than a stand-alone chicken…

Unincorporated Grant County caps backyard fowl and small livestock by lot size under GCC UDO Section 23.08.020(h). You…

Kennewick allows up to three chickens (no roosters), plus rabbits, guinea pigs, pigeons and similar small animals…

Kent allows up to three domesticated fowl on lots of at least 5,000 square feet, with one more bird per extra 1,000…

In unincorporated King County, homeowners can keep up to ten poultry, chickens, or squab per lot under 35,000 square…

Kirkland allows up to 3 small domestic animals such as chickens per lot under 35,000 sq ft as accessory use, with more…

Lakewood, Washington allows up to sixteen poultry, pigeons, ducks or rabbits per acre as an accessory use on any…

Marysville households may keep fowl in residential yards without a special permit, but numeric caps apply: one bird per…

Pasco lets single-family lots of at least 5,000 square feet keep up to three chicken hens and three rabbits under PMC…

Backyard chickens and small livestock are allowed in unincorporated Pierce County, with limits scaled to lot size under…

Port Townsend lets residents keep more than four chickens as companion animals without a kennel license, but other…

Puyallup allows chickens and other small farm animals as an accessory residential use with lot-area-based density…

Renton allows up to three chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, or rabbits on lots of at least 4,500 square feet under RMC…

Seattle allows cows, horses, sheep and similar farm animals as an accessory use, but only on lots of 20,000 square feet…

In unincorporated Skagit County the entire county is a livestock restricted area under Skagit County Code Chapter 6.44…

Snohomish County treats backyard chickens, turkeys, rabbits, goats, sheep, pigs, and similar animals as 'small animal…

Livestock keeping in unincorporated Spokane County's agricultural and forestry zones is capped at three livestock units…

Spokane Valley lets residential property owners keep chickens and other small livestock under SVMC § 19.65.020(A)…

Tacoma allows up to 6 adult poultry and 6 pigeons per parcel, bans roosters citywide, and requires coops to sit at…

In the unincorporated Lacey urban growth area, cows, horses, sheep and standard goats can't go on residential lots…

Backyard hens are widely allowed across Whatcom County. Bellingham permits chickens but requires coops set at least 50…

Keeping livestock or other farm animals in the Yakima urban area requires at least a half-acre lot, and any barn, coop…

Rural, unincorporated Yakima County is permissive about poultry and livestock on agricultural and larger-lot land. The…

Rural Benton County is farm and rangeland, so backyard hens and livestock are broadly allowed on appropriately zoned…

Any dog off its owner's property in Auburn must be on a leash or chain no longer than eight feet, controlled by the…

Bellevue requires dogs and other pets in city parks to be leashed at no more than six feet, securely caged, or…

Bellingham requires every dog off its owner's premises to be 'under control', restrained enough to prevent contact with…

Benton County and its cities require dogs to be leashed or controlled in public, with licensing and rabies shots. Under…

In designated leash-law areas of unincorporated Clark County, dogs off the owner's premises must be controlled by a…

Outside city limits, Cowlitz County only requires dogs to be leashed within designated "dog control zones" created by…

Edmonds City Code 5.05.050 bars any animal from running at large, and 5.05.060 requires dogs to stay on leash in city…

Everett bans letting a dog run at large anywhere off its owner's property unless it is on a leash, tether or other…

Federal Way declares any dog running at large a public nuisance, and the code defines a leash as a cord, rope, thong or…

Franklin County Code § 6.04.010 requires a dog off its owner's property to stay on a leash or chain no longer than 6…

In Grant County's designated dog control areas, a list of specific unincorporated subdivisions like Desert Aire and…

Kennewick dogs off their owner's property must stay "at heel" or on a leash no longer than eight feet: letting a dog…

Kent makes it unlawful for a dog to be off its owner's property in any public place, public property, or another…

In unincorporated King County, a dog running at large, off its owner's premises and not under a competent person's…

Every dog in Kirkland must be on a leash no longer than eight feet whenever it's off the property where it lives, per…

Kitsap County bans letting a dog or other pet leave its owner's property unless it is under physical restraint fit for…

Lakewood makes it unlawful for a dog, cat or other animal to be at large on any public street, sidewalk, park…

Lynnwood bars dogs and other domestic animals from running at large citywide, defining "at large" as off the owner's…

Marysville requires dogs off the owner's property to be on a leash or tether no longer than 8 feet, or otherwise…

Pasco dogs off their owner's property must be controlled by an 8-foot or shorter leash or kept at heel. A dog found…

In unincorporated Pierce County it is unlawful to let any animal leave the owner's premises unless it is under physical…

Port Townsend makes it unlawful to let a dog or other animal roam off-leash outside the owner's property unless the…

Dogs must be leashed on any public street, sidewalk, parkway or public place in Puyallup, with the leash capped at…

Renton makes it a strict-liability violation for a dog to be off the owner's property and not under control. Cats are…

A dog running at large anywhere in Sammamish is a nuisance violation under Municipal Code 11.05.015, which adopts King…

Seattle law defines "at large" as a dog off its owner's property and not under control by a leash of 8 feet or shorter…

Skagit County does not have a general leash law for unincorporated areas outside its parks. Inside County parks…

Yes. In unincorporated Snohomish County it is unlawful to let a dog roam or be off your premises unless it is under…

Spokane County bans letting a dog run at large anywhere in the county, licensed or not, under SCC 5.04.070(1). Walking…

In Spokane Valley's parks, trails, and open spaces, pets can only run off-leash where posted, and even then the leash…

In Tacoma parks, dogs and cats must stay on a leash no longer than eight feet outside a designated off-leash area, per…

Thurston County bars dogs from running at large and requires leash or voice control off the owner's property, with…

Whatcom County and its cities require dogs to be leashed or under control off the owner's property, with licensing and…

Yakima requires dogs to stay on their owner's property or be restrained on a leash no longer than eight feet under a…

Dogs must be licensed and kept under control in Yakima County. The county code requires adult dogs licensed and…

Washington RCW 16.08 governs dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs through behavior-based standards rather than…

Auburn does not ban dogs by breed; instead the animal control authority declares individual dogs "dangerous" based on…

Bellingham has no breed ban: dogs are declared dangerous or potentially dangerous based on documented bites, attacks…

Benton County declares a dog "potentially dangerous" or "dangerous" under BCC Chapter 2.20 after a bite, menacing…

Cowlitz County does not ban or restrict dog breeds. CCC Chapter 6.13 instead lets the Animal Control Authority declare…

Edmonds has no breed ban. Instead, 5.05.122 lets the animal control authority declare a specific dog 'dangerous' based…

Federal Way has no breed-specific ban; instead FWRC 9.25.010 makes it unlawful to own or possess a dog once it is…

Franklin County has no breed ban; instead an animal control officer can declare any dog dangerous or potentially…

Unincorporated Grant County has no breed ban. Under Grant County Code Chapter 9.07, the Sheriff's Office (acting as…

Kennewick doesn't ban dog breeds by name: instead it requires an annual permit, $250,000 liability coverage, and a…

King County does not ban or restrict any dog breed by name. Instead, King County Code § 11.01.320 defines a potentially…

Kirkland doesn't restrict dog breeds; instead, KMC 8.09.470-8.09.482 lets the animal control officer declare an…

Kitsap County has no breed-specific ban. Instead, the animal control authority can declare any animal 'potentially…

Lakewood declares a dog dangerous or potentially dangerous under LMC 6.10, incorporating Washington's Chapter 16.08 RCW…

Lynnwood does not ban dog breeds by name. Instead, the animal control authority declares individual animals dangerous…

Marysville police can formally declare a dog potentially dangerous or dangerous based on bite reports, witnessed…

Pasco does not ban dog breeds by name; instead the Poundmaster can declare any individual animal potentially dangerous…

Puyallup has no breed ban: Chapter 8.18 declares individual dogs potentially dangerous or dangerous based on documented…

Renton does not ban dog breeds by name; instead it regulates dogs individually declared "dangerous" based on documented…

Skagit County does not ban specific dog breeds. Instead, SCC Chapter 7.06 lets the county declare an individual dog…

Spokane County does not ban any dog breed; SCRAPS instead declares an individual dog dangerous under SCC 5.04.020(13)…

Spokane Valley has no breed ban; instead SVMC § 7.30.035 lets the animal control director declare an individual dog…

Thurston County has no breed ban: dogs are declared potentially dangerous or dangerous based on documented behavior…

Yakima County has no breed ban: dangerous-dog status turns on a dog's own behavior, graded Level 1 through 6, under YCC…

Washington has no statewide breed ban, and Clark County imposes no breed-specific restriction. Dogs are regulated by…

Port Townsend has no pit-bull or breed ban. PTMC 9.02.165 bars judging a dog's behavior by breed, and dangerous or…

Sammamish has no breed-specific ban; instead it adopts King County's conduct-based vicious-animal nuisance rules…

Seattle has no breed-specific ban. Under SMC 9.25.020(G), the Director of Finance and Administrative Services declares…

Washington law bars Whatcom County from banning or specially regulating a dog because of its breed unless the county…

Everett's dangerous-dog ordinance evaluates dogs on documented behavior, not breed: the code bars declaring a dog…

Pierce County has no breed-specific ban. Dangerous-dog status is determined by an animal's behavior, not its breed…

Snohomish County has no breed-specific dog ban. State law, RCW 16.08.110, blocks any city or county from banning or…

Yakima repealed its breed-specific pit bull ordinance in 2018 and now regulates dogs solely by individual conduct: any…

Washington RCW 15.60 requires all beekeepers with one or more hives to register their apiaries annually with the…

Auburn permits up to two honeybee hives as an accessory use on lots under 10,000 square feet, but every hive must be…

Bellingham bars locating a beehive within 25 feet of any property line unless it's raised 8 feet or screened by a…

Beekeeping is a permitted agricultural activity in unincorporated Cowlitz County, but only within the county's…

Federal Way lets residential property owners keep bees under FWRC 19.260.080, scaling hive counts to lot size: two…

Kent allows backyard beekeeping as an accessory use if the keeper registers with the Washington State Department of…

Unincorporated King County caps backyard beehives at fifty on lots under five acres, with no cap on larger parcels, and…

Kitsap County's agriculture code caps backyard beekeeping in urban residential zones at two bee colonies per household…

Lakewood, Washington allows noncommercial backyard beekeeping under LMC 18A.40.030(B)(1) on any lot of at least 6,000…

Beekeeping is allowed in unincorporated Pierce County under PCC Chapter 8.94. Hives must be registered with the…

Puyallup allows honey bee hives as an accessory residential use with state registration required and hive counts scaled…

RMC 4-4-010.M lets Renton residents keep up to three beehives on a lot of at least 7,500 square feet, or 4,500 square…

Seattle permits backyard beekeeping outright once the hives are registered with the state, but SMC 23.42.052.E caps…

Beekeeping is allowed in unincorporated Snohomish County. There is no county-specific hive ban, but all colonies must…

Beekeeping is allowed as a primary or accessory use on agricultural and forestry lots in unincorporated Spokane County…

Spokane Valley allows hobby beekeeping in its residential zones under SVMC § 19.65.020(A)(9), capped at one hive per…

Tacoma caps hives at four per lot under 10,000 square feet and requires a 75-foot setback from property lines unless…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed outright on residential lots in unincorporated Thurston County if the hives are…

Beekeeping fits Yakima County's agricultural character and is broadly allowed, with cities setting hive placement and…

Pasco has no dedicated apiary permit or hive-setback ordinance; PMC 9.90.040(2) instead lists bees among the animals…

Beekeeping in unincorporated Whatcom County runs on state law, not a county ordinance: RCW 15.60.021(1) requires anyone…

Beekeeping is welcome across rural Benton County, and its irrigated farmland and wine-country bloom support strong…

Washington RCW 16.30 prohibits private possession, breeding, and importation of dangerous wild animals including big…

Auburn follows Washington RCW 16.30 banning private ownership of dangerous wild animals (big cats, bears, non-human…

Washington bans keeping dangerous wild animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, primates, and venomous snakes as pets…

Edmonds bans keeping any inherently dangerous animal outright and requires a state or federal wildlife permit for every…

Everett Municipal Code § 6.04.120 bans possessing, breeding or selling primates, big cats, bears, wild canids, venomous…

Federal Way bans keeping monkeys, big cats, bears, wolves, coyotes, foxes, badgers, lynx and poisonous reptiles, plus…

Kennewick Municipal Code § 8.02.026 makes it unlawful to import, acquire, sell, trade, trap or keep any skunk, fox or…

Unincorporated King County prohibits harboring, keeping, or maintaining exotic animals as pets, dangerous snakes…

Kirkland outright bans possessing an "inherently dangerous animal" within city limits under KMC 8.09.518, a list that…

Kitsap County makes it a misdemeanor to own or keep lions, tigers, bears, primates, cougars, wolves, coyotes, foxes…

Lakewood, Washington, in Pierce County, bans private possession of exotic animals under LMC 6.14.030. The ban covers…

Lynnwood bans exotic animals outright. No person may possess, breed, import, export, barter, buy or sell an animal…

Pasco adopts RCW 16.30 by reference to ban possession of potentially dangerous wild animals, naming bobcats…

Potentially dangerous wild animals are tightly regulated in unincorporated Pierce County under PCC Chapter 6.16…

Port Townsend prohibits displaying or sponsoring a display of wild or exotic animals anywhere in the city, on public or…

Puyallup Municipal Code Chapter 8.20 bans possessing exotic animals in the city, including venomous or constricting…

Renton outright prohibits keeping wild or dangerous animals within City limits, with only dangerous dogs handled under…

Seattle makes it unlawful to procure or keep an exotic animal under SMC 9.25.053, a category SMC 9.25.020(M) defines to…

Skagit County bans owning, possessing or bringing into the county any potentially dangerous wild animal, a category…

Whatcom County bans keeping a wild or exotic animal as a pet outright: WCC 6.04.070 allows a permit only for the…

Washington bans keeping most dangerous wild animals, so no Yakima County resident may acquire big cats, bears…

Bellingham requires an animal-control permit to own any wild or exotic animal and flatly bans keeping lions, tigers…

Keeping a lion, wolf, coyote, fox, lynx, poisonous reptile or other dangerous wild animal is flatly illegal in any…

Kent does not write its own exotic-animal rule; it adopts King County Code Chapter 11.28, "Exotic Animals," wholesale…

Tacoma bans keeping lions, tigers, bears, wolves, venomous reptiles, and other dangerous wild animals anywhere zoned…

Thurston County does not ban owning venomous reptiles, large constrictor snakes or primates, but it heavily regulates…

It is unlawful to bring into or keep any "wild animal" in unincorporated Clark County without first obtaining a…

You cannot keep dangerous wild animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, primates, or venomous snakes. Washington's RCW…

Unincorporated Spokane County requires an annual license to harbor or own an 'inherently dangerous mammal' (wild cats…

Washington bans intentionally feeding or attracting large wild carnivores, bears, cougars and wolves, to any land or…

Feeding any wild bird or animal in an Auburn city park is unlawful under ACC 2.22.130, along with touching, molesting…

Bellingham makes it an offense to intentionally feed deer or raccoons, or leave food where they can reach it, anywhere…

Edmonds bans intentionally feeding, attracting or artificially sustaining wildlife on city beaches under ECC 5.32.106…

Sammamish Municipal Code § 7A.18.050 makes it unlawful to feed wildlife anywhere in city open spaces, trails, park…

Feeding, molesting, or offering tobacco, drink, or other harmful substances to wildlife in a Tacoma park is banned…

In unincorporated Cowlitz County, leaving, placing or distributing food or other material to feed wildlife is an…

Everett's park code makes it unlawful to feed fowl, farm animals, or wildlife anywhere in a city park except at spots…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.82.075 makes it unlawful to feed or remove ducks, geese or other waterfowl in any public…

Bellevue prohibits leaving, placing or distributing food in any city park with intent to feed farm animals or wildlife…

Clark County's animal code has no ordinance directly prohibiting feeding wildlife such as deer or birds. It does bar…

Federal Way bans leaving, placing or distributing food anywhere in a city park with intent to feed wildlife. A separate…

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife rules effective May 17, 2025 prohibit feeding deer, elk, and moose statewide…

Kirkland borders greenbelts and Lake Washington, drawing coyotes, deer, and raccoons. RCW 77.15.790 makes negligent…

Lakewood, Washington bans feeding birds, fowl or any animal in city park areas under LMC 8.76.341, alongside teasing…

Feeding fowl, farm animals, or wildlife anywhere in a Pasco city park is unlawful unless the Director of Administrative…

Port Townsend bans feeding wild geese, ducks, gulls, or deer when it causes aggression, mess, or traffic hazards.

Puyallup bans feeding fowl in city parks except at spots the parks director has designated for it. The rule sits inside…

Feeding wildlife that attracts bears, coyotes, or raccoons is prohibited in Renton under RMC 6-6 and state law, while…

Snohomish County's animal code does not set a general backyard wildlife-feeding ban. Feeding large carnivores such as…

Vancouver has no dedicated local ordinance banning wildlife feeding. Washington state law prohibits feeding large wild…

Washington RCW 16.52 criminalizes animal cruelty and neglect statewide, providing the legal foundation for animal…

Thurston County sets no flat cap on pets, but four or more adult dogs bred or kept at a residence becomes a "hobby…

Auburn caps household pets at four dogs, four cats, or any combination totaling four, per ACC 6.04.040. The cap does…

Bellingham has no numeric pet cap, but BMC 7.16.010(B) makes it unlawful to keep animals or fowl anywhere in the city…

Clark County caps dogs through its kennel definition: keeping more than five adult dogs inside the urban growth…

Edmonds City Code 5.05.015 limits every residential dwelling unit to five or fewer domestic animals, regardless of how…

Everett lets households keep up to two adult dogs or cats without a license; keeping more requires an animal-control…

Federal Way's zoning code leaves ordinary dog and cat numbers to Title 9, where the code's own kennel definitions set…

Unincorporated Grant County limits dogs, cats and similar household pets to three per 5,000 square feet of lot area…

Kennewick doesn't cap the number of pets a household may keep outright, but KMC 8.02.010(8) defines a "Commercial…

Kent limits households to three small domesticated animals. KCC 15.08.070(A) allows "up to three (3) small domesticated…

Unincorporated King County caps unaltered dogs and cats at three per dwelling unit; other household pets are limited to…

Kirkland caps household pets at three adult dogs, three adult cats, or four dogs and cats combined per dwelling unit…

Kitsap County's zoning code caps how many outdoor pets a household may keep based on lot size: three on lots under…

Lakewood lets a household keep up to five dogs and/or cats without a kennel license, but owning, maintaining, or having…

Lynnwood caps household pets at three cats, three dogs, or any combination of cats and dogs exceeding three, plus up to…

Marysville households on lots under one acre may keep up to four dogs and cats combined without a kennel license…

Pasco's residential zoning code caps households at three dogs and three cats as an accessory use of a home. Larger lots…

No more than five dogs and/or cats may be individually licensed at a residence in unincorporated Pierce County under…

Port Townsend lets you keep up to three dogs, cats, or other companion animals of the same species without a license: a…

Puyallup Municipal Code caps household pets at a combined total of five cats and dogs over three months old on any…

RMC 4-4-010 caps household pets, dogs, cats, indoor birds, small rodents, and light reptiles, at three per dwelling or…

Seattle caps household pets at three small animals per dwelling unit under SMC 23.42.052.A, but Neighborhood…

Unincorporated Snohomish County caps every household at 25 dogs outright under SCC 6.06.008, with no exception except…

Keeping five or more dogs or cats over six months old in unincorporated Spokane County triggers a kennel…

Yakima caps household pets at three dogs, five cats, four hen chickens, and four rabbits kept for pleasure rather than…

Yakima County doesn't cap how many dogs a household may own outright. Once you keep more than six dogs, or run what the…

Port Townsend doesn't require cat licenses, but its at-large ban covers cats too: only dogs get city-designated…

Auburn cats need a current city license after 8 weeks old under ACC 6.04.010, and a female cat in heat must be confined…

Bellevue enforces animal control through King County's Title 11 code, adopted by BCC 8.05.010. Any cat over eight weeks…

Bellingham doesn't license cats like dogs, but loose cats found more than 50 feet from a dwelling without the property…

Clark County has no cat leash law and no fixed limit on the number of cats. Cats are covered by general nuisance…

Everett requires every cat over six months old to be licensed annually, with proof of current rabies vaccination, under…

Every cat 21 weeks or older kept in Federal Way needs an annual license from the animal services authority, current…

Franklin County has no cat-licensing chapter, but its rabies-quarantine rule names cats directly: a cat suspected of…

In unincorporated King County, not Seattle, Bellevue, or the county's other 27-plus cities, which run their own codes…

Kirkland cats twelve weeks and older must be licensed and tagged (or tattooed) and, at six months, vaccinated against…

Kitsap County requires every adult cat in the unincorporated area to be licensed within thirty days of acquisition or…

Lakewood requires a current license tag on any cat over eight weeks old, whether it stays home or roams, and any cat…

Every cat over three months old in Marysville must carry a city license; unlicensed ownership is a civil infraction…

Cats that go off their owner's premises must be licensed and wear a current tag under PCC 6.04.010, issued by the…

Puyallup requires every cat seven months or older to be licensed annually, treats a feral cat in the shelter as a…

Seattle requires every cat over eight weeks old to carry a City license under SMC 9.25.051, with fees of $30…

Cats are no longer voluntary to license in unincorporated Snohomish County: SCC 9.04.010 requires owners of all adult…

Spokane County regulates cats under SCC 5.04.067. Owners must keep cats from roaming while unaltered at six months or…

Cats in Spokane Valley must be licensed under the same rule the City borrows from Spokane County. SVMC § 7.30.010(B)…

Thurston County licenses cats much like it licenses dogs: Section 9.10.040(E) sets annual fees of $18 for an…

Yakima makes it unlawful to let an unaltered cat six months or older roam at large, but the city carves out a…

Edmonds does not require cat owners to license their cats. Section 5.05.025 offers a nonmandatory lifetime license for…

Lynnwood exempts domestic cats from its at-large running ban, letting cats roam free while dogs and other domestic…

Cat licensing is optional in Pasco, unlike mandatory dog licensing, and only requires proof of rabies vaccination plus…

Renton requires every cat over four months old to carry a City animal license under RMC 5-4-1, applied for within 30…

Whatcom County does not license cats, but WCC 6.04.190 lets an animal control officer, or the property owner, humanely…

Cowlitz County does not require cat owners in the unincorporated county to license or leash their cats. CCC §…

Auburn bans owning an unaltered dog or cat over six months old unless the owner holds a city unaltered-animal license…

Pierce County Animal Control will not release a dog or cat impounded twice within any 12-month period until it's spayed…

Snohomish County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but SCC 9.10.040(3)(e) makes it a condition of…

Bellingham requires an unaltered dog to be spayed or neutered before release once it has been impounded more than once…

Edmonds City Code 5.05.127.1 requires stray dogs and cats held at the city's designated shelter, and animals…

Everett requires every animal adopted from the city shelter to be spayed or neutered before the adoption is completed…

In unincorporated King County, keeping an unaltered dog or cat past kittenhood/puppyhood is unlawful unless the owner…

Lakewood, Washington, requires a $35.00 alteration deposit before a repeatedly impounded, unaltered dog or cat can be…

Dogs and cats adopted from a Port Townsend-contracted shelter must be spayed or neutered by the date set in the written…

Thurston County requires pets adopted from the county animal shelter to be sterilized within the timeframe set in the…

Yakima requires an unaltered dog impounded more than once in a 12-month period to be spayed or neutered before its…

Federal Way does not require every pet to be fixed, but an unaltered dog or cat impounded a second time must be spayed…

Puyallup does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but an unaltered dog or cat impounded more than once in a…

Seattle does not require pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs or cats. The Seattle Animal Shelter sterilizes every…

Pierce County doesn't require microchips for pets generally, only for dogs and cats declared dangerous or potentially…

Yakima requires any dog formally declared 'potentially dangerous' to be microchipped and registered with the city…

Auburn will not release a repeat-impounded dog or cat until it is microchipped. Under ACC 6.01.100(A), if an…

Cowlitz County has no general pet microchipping mandate. It only requires a microchip once the Animal Control Authority…

King County accepts an implanted microchip as a substitute for a metal license tag on licensed pets, and separately…

Lakewood doesn't require microchipping for every pet, but once a dog is declared potentially dangerous or dangerous…

Lynnwood requires a mandatory AVID-compatible microchip before release if a domestic animal is impounded and taken to…

Skagit County does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but SCC 7.06.025 makes a permanent microchip implant…

Spokane County does not require microchips on ordinary pets, but a dog SCRAPS has declared dangerous must be identified…

Spokane Valley does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but a dog declared dangerous cannot be registered without…

Kitsap County does not mandate microchipping every cat or dog, but if a pet is chipped, the county's license procedure…

Puyallup does not mandate microchipping for every pet, but it is built into shelter adoption fees, is one path to…

Renton does not require every pet owner to microchip in advance, but any animal impounded by Animal Control that was…

Seattle doesn't mandate microchipping citywide, but SMC 9.25.080(B) lets a licensed, microchipped cat skip its physical…

Microchipping is not required for an ordinary pet in unincorporated Snohomish County, but the county rewards it: an…

Thurston County treats microchipping as optional, not mandatory. County Code Section 9.10.040(C) allows tattooing or…

Whatcom County has no blanket pet microchip law. WCC § 6.04.095(F) only lets the animal control authority order a…

Yakima County doesn't require every dog to carry a microchip, but a chip works as identification in the places the code…

Port Townsend lets dog owners use a microchip instead of a metal license tag to prove licensing.

Feeding deer, geese, or other wildlife -- including coyotes -- is a declared nuisance in Port Townsend when it causes…

Edmonds bans selling or offering for sale any dog, cat or rabbit citywide. A retail pet store may only provide space…

Everett prohibits retail pet stores from selling or offering for sale any dog, cat, or rabbit, though stores may still…

Kent enforces Washington's retail pet-store sale ban. RCW 16.52.360, adopted into the Kent City Code by KCC 9.02.100…

Pierce County pet shops fall under Washington's statewide ban on retail dog and cat sales. RCW 16.52.360, adopted into…

Kitsap County bans commercial pet shops from selling dogs or cats unless they came from an animal welfare organization…

Renton does not ban pet stores outright but bars anyone from selling a dog for more than $1,000 unless the seller…

Federal Way does not ban pet stores from selling dogs and cats, but every pet shop, kennel, cattery, pet daycare or…

Unincorporated King County has no ban on retail dog or cat sales: pet shops can sell commercially sourced animals. But…

Lakewood does not ban retail pet sales, but LMC 6.06.023 requires any pet shop, defined as an establishment that…

Marysville doesn't ban retail sales of dogs and cats: pet shops just can't misrepresent an animal to a buyer or…

Snohomish County does not ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats, but every pet shop in the unincorporated county…

Spokane County bars selling, giving away, or even advertising an animal for sale on public property or on private…

Thurston County requires anyone who owns, maintains, or operates a pet shop to first obtain a pet shop license from the…

Kent requires a grooming parlor to secure a zoning permit from the planning department and pass a Seattle-King County…

In Whatcom County's Point Roberts Special District, WCC § 20.72.154(2) allows animal groomers as a conditional use in…

Auburn zones pet grooming under Animal Sales and Services, ACC 18.57.040(B), which caps overnight boarding, restricts…

In unincorporated Cowlitz County, a commercial dog grooming facility is a listed permitted use only in the Light…

Federal Way grooming parlors need a Seattle-King County Department of Public Health permit and must follow specific…

Unincorporated King County requires pet grooming services to hold an operating permit under County Code chapter 11.04…

Kirkland grooming parlors can't board animals, must sterilize equipment after every dog or cat, use restraining straps…

Grooming parlors in unincorporated Kitsap County must hold an annual license from the animal control authority and…

Lakewood defines a "grooming parlor" as any place where animals are bathed, clipped or combed for a fee, and LMC…

Lynnwood zones pet grooming as a commercial use permitted by right in the city center, Alderwood, ACC, PCD…

A grooming parlor in unincorporated Pierce County must hold a county license under PCC 5.24.030, the same chapter that…

Pet grooming with no boarding is a permitted personal service in Port Townsend's commercial zones, but boarding animals…

Renton treats pet grooming as a "Services, On-Site" commercial use under RMC 4-11-190, not as home animal-keeping. The…

Seattle land use law lets a pet grooming center board animals, but SMC 23.47A.039 caps boarding space at 30 percent of…

Any grooming parlor in unincorporated Snohomish County needs a license under SCC 6.06.015 and pays $200.00 a year (SCC…

Spokane Valley's zoning code treats any facility that grooms, boards, or trains six or more dogs or cats as a 'kennel,'…

Benton County lists pet grooming as its own permitted land use, allowed by right in the General Commercial (GC) and…

Thurston County classifies pet grooming as a 'personal service' under its Olympia Urban Growth Area zoning code, the…

In unincorporated Benton County's Rural Lands Five Acre District (RL-5), a veterinary facility is not a by-right use…

Edmonds requires a conditional use permit for veterinary clinics in the BP (Planned Business) zone under ECDC…

Kirkland limits veterinary offices in its High Density Residential zones to small-animal treatment only, bars outdoor…

Port Townsend confines veterinary hospitals to commercial and mixed-use zones. They're flatly banned in the R-II…

Opening a veterinary clinic or animal hospital on Rural-zoned land in unincorporated Whatcom County requires a…

Yakima County bars veterinary clinics and animal hospitals from operating as home businesses anywhere in the…

Auburn's zoning code confines veterinary clinics and small animal hospitals to commercial and light-industrial land…

A small animal or veterinary clinic is a listed permitted use in Cowlitz County's Urban Commercial (C-2) zoning…

Everett's commercial use table splits veterinary uses by animal size: small-animal vet clinics and animal day cares can…

Federal Way allows veterinary offices as a permitted office use in the Professional Office (PO) zone, but FWRC…

Veterinary clinics are a permitted, by-right use on lots zoned AP-20, AP-40 and RR-5 in unincorporated Franklin County…

Grant County's Unified Development Code lets veterinary clinics and hospitals locate outright in some zoning districts…

Kent allows veterinary clinics and animal hospitals as a service land use, but only under Kent City Code 15.04.100(8)…

In unincorporated King County, veterinary clinics are permitted outright only in the Office zone; in Agricultural…

Kitsap County requires veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, and wildlife shelters to sit back at least fifty feet from…

Lakewood, Washington's use table permits veterinary clinics in its neighborhood commercial, downtown, general…

Marysville's zoning code defines a veterinary clinic as any building used for the medical or surgical treatment of…

Veterinary clinics with outdoor dog kennels in Puyallup's C commercial and M industrial zones must comply with PMC §§…

Renton zones veterinary offices/clinics as permitted outright in the Resource Conservation and industrial zones plus…

A veterinary hospital in Seattle needs a permit under SMC 10.72.020, and SDCI must first confirm the use is consistent…

Skagit County Code § 14.18.210 lists animal clinics and hospitals, including overnight boarding, as a permitted…

Snohomish County's zoning code allows a veterinary clinic outright in ten commercial and industrial zones, from…

A veterinary clinic in Spokane County's rural R-5, RAC or UR zones must keep all treatment rooms, cages and runs inside…

Spokane Valley allows animal clinics and veterinary offices as a supplemental use, but SVMC § 19.65.110(A) sets the…

Thurston County's Olympia Urban Growth Area zoning code treats a veterinary office or clinic as its own land-use…

Lynnwood's Title 8 use table permits veterinarian offices by right in nine commercial and mixed-use zones, including…

Auburn makes it a misdemeanor to shoot, trap, kill or otherwise molest robins, larks, sparrows, wrens and other…

Bellingham makes violating federal or state songbird, game bird, or migratory bird and waterfowl protection laws a…

Renton makes it a misdemeanor to feed any fowl or bird, or to tease, annoy, disturb, molest, catch, injure, or kill any…

Skagit County bans hunting, taking or killing any game birds, migratory birds, upland game birds, predatory birds…

Spokane Valley makes it a misdemeanor to capture, tease, annoy, disturb, feed, or strike any bird or animal in a city…

Edmonds bars anyone from taking, possessing, injuring or destroying any bird on a public city beach without first…

Kirkland Municipal Code § 11.41.150(a)(4) makes it unlawful to point or shoot an air gun, BB gun, or similar device at…

Marysville designates Jennings Park and the surrounding city-owned sewer lagoon property as a bird sanctuary, making it…

Port Townsend bans hunting, trapping, or capturing any bird within city limits, carving out only law enforcement…

Development within one-quarter mile of a documented den or nest site of a non-game priority bird species in…

City of Kent parks code bars anyone from teasing, molesting, catching, injuring, killing, or throwing objects at any…

Unincorporated King County protects active nests of bald eagles, ospreys, peregrine falcons, marbled murrelets, spotted…

Lakewood, Washington makes it unlawful to tease, injure, kill, or otherwise harass any bird, fowl or other animal, or…

Puyallup's park code makes it unlawful to tease, molest, catch, injure or kill any bird, fowl, animal or fish in a city…

Wildlife rescue hospitals and rehabilitation facilities are a conditional use in Whatcom County's Agriculture District…

Operating a wildlife shelter in unincorporated Kitsap County means clearing a zoning siting standard, not a special…

Lynnwood requires anyone keeping a wild animal to hold a State Game Department or federal Fish and Wildlife permit, but…