Perris, CA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned materials
- garbage, dead animals, rubbish, waste
- Covered locations
- lots, streets, alleys, waterways
- Exception
- burial or burning on private property
- Penalty
- misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine
Summary
Dumping garbage, dead animals, waste matter, or rubbish on any lot, street, alley, or waterway in Perris, California is unlawful under Municipal Code Section 7.04.010, with limited exceptions for burial or burning on private property.
It is unlawful for any person to dump, place or bury on any lot, land, street, alley or waterway within the city any garbage, kitchen or table refuse, offal, swill, dead animal, waste matter or any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter, broken crockery, tin cans, metal vessels, trimmings from trees, shrubs, or garden, any rags, papers, straw, packing material, boxes, ashes, or any kind of rubbish, waste material or refuse, except that such matter may be completely buried or burned on private property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Perris Municipal Code Section 7.04.010 bans dumping garbage, kitchen refuse, dead animals, waste matter, broken crockery, tree trimmings, rags, packing material, or any other rubbish on any lot, street, alley, or waterway within city limits. The only exception is matter completely buried or burned on private property. Because Chapter 7.04 sets no separate fine, violations default to the citywide general penalty at Section 1.16.010: a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both, though the city attorney can charge it as an infraction instead.
Violations & Fines
Illegal dumping is enforceable as a misdemeanor under the city's general penalty (Section 1.16.010): up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both; the city attorney may instead file it as an infraction.
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