Las Vegas Animal Control
Below is some basic information on what the Las Vegas Animal Control provides:
Las Vegas Animal Control does not pick up owned animals, dead or alive. This is an owner responsibility. Owned animals may be taken to the Animal Foundation during normal business hours. If you need emergency medical services for your pet, contact your veterinarian immediately.
Pet Licensing & Permits
All dogs, cats and ferrets over the age of four months and kept in the city of Las Vegas must be licensed. The license provides proof of ownership, identification should your pet get lost and proof of rabies vaccination.
For more information on pet licenses, visit the city licenses page.
The city also requires a variety of pet permits. For more information on pet permits, visit the city permits page. (After you click on an outside website, you will need to click the "back button" on your computer to come back to this Vegas Dogs website).
Ticket Home Program
The city offers a "ticket home" to owners of currently licensed pets. For more information on this program, visit the city programs page.
Pet Vaccinations
The law requires rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and ferrets within 30 days after reaching three months of age. Rabies vaccinations must be given by a licensed veterinarian.
Animal Laws
Impounded Animals
All animals impounded within Las Vegas city limits are sheltered at the Animal Foundation, located at 655 North Mojave Road. For information regarding an impounded animal or information regarding Animal Foundation, call (702) 384-3333. Fees for Impounded Dogs and Cats include an impound fee of $25 and a daily boarding fee of $10. Fees for impounded wild animals or livestock include an impound fee of $100 and a daily boarding fee of $10.
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- Enforcement of animal related state statutes and all ordinances under Title 7 of the Las Vegas Municipal Code as it pertains to animal welfare, and public health and safety.
- Rabies control and quarantine.
- Animal cruelty investigations.
- Barking dog, animals-at-large and animal sanitation complaints.
- Regulation of pet shops, grooming parlors and other animal-related businesses.
- Administration of the city’s contract with the Animal Foundation, a private humane organization that houses and cares for animals impounded by Animal Control that provides lost and found, pet adoption, micro chipping and vaccination clinics, and stray animal intake 24/7.
Las Vegas Animal Control does not pick up owned animals, dead or alive. This is an owner responsibility. Owned animals may be taken to the Animal Foundation during normal business hours. If you need emergency medical services for your pet, contact your veterinarian immediately.
Pet Licensing & Permits
All dogs, cats and ferrets over the age of four months and kept in the city of Las Vegas must be licensed. The license provides proof of ownership, identification should your pet get lost and proof of rabies vaccination.
For more information on pet licenses, visit the city licenses page.
The city also requires a variety of pet permits. For more information on pet permits, visit the city permits page. (After you click on an outside website, you will need to click the "back button" on your computer to come back to this Vegas Dogs website).
Ticket Home Program
The city offers a "ticket home" to owners of currently licensed pets. For more information on this program, visit the city programs page.
Pet Vaccinations
The law requires rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and ferrets within 30 days after reaching three months of age. Rabies vaccinations must be given by a licensed veterinarian.
Animal Laws
- Restraint Law - It is a misdemeanor for any animal to be at large within the city limits of Las Vegas.
- Sanitation - Pet owners are responsible to keep their private property clean and free of animal waste and odor. Likewise, pet owners must promptly clean animal waste from public property or the property of others. Failure to do so is a misdemeanor.
- Barking Dogs - The owner of a dog that barks excessively, or any noisy animal, may be criminally prosecuted if the problem is not corrected. If talking with the owner has not solved the problem, contact Animal Control. Please provide an exact address. On the first complaint, Animal Control will send a letter to the owner. On the second complaint, an officer will be sent to the owner’s home and issue a written notice of correction. After the third complaint within six months, both parties will be referred to the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center in an effort to resolve the problem. If mediation fails you will be asked to provide a written voluntary statement detailing the complaint, including, but not necessarily limited to, documenting dates, times and duration of the excessive noise. Your statement must be corroborated by at least one additional person who lives in the neighborhood. All persons submitting a written statement must be willing to appear in court.
- Biting Animals - The owner of a biting animal is often civilly liable for personal injury, and depending on circumstances, can be criminally prosecuted. Animals with a history of biting may be declared dangerous, with restrictions being placed on how the animal is maintained by the owner. Animals that bite after being declared dangerous, or those that have caused serious injury may be declared vicious. Vicious animals are unlawful to keep in the city of Las Vegas, and in the State of Nevada. This means euthanasia for the animal and potential criminal charges against the owner. All bites inflicted by warm-blooded mammals must be reported to the rabies control authority, which, within the corporate city limits of Las Vegas, is the Animal Control Unit. Anyone with knowledge that an animal bite has occurred is obligated by law to report it to Animal Control. This includes the victim, medical facility or the pet owner. Keep the rabies vaccination record for your pet handy. Biting animals must undergo a 10-day quarantine for health observation. Animal Control would prefer to home quarantine, providing the rabies vaccination is current, and the owner can provide a secure area to keep the animal confined. If the above criteria are not met, the animal must be impounded for observation at the Animal Foundation.
Impounded Animals
All animals impounded within Las Vegas city limits are sheltered at the Animal Foundation, located at 655 North Mojave Road. For information regarding an impounded animal or information regarding Animal Foundation, call (702) 384-3333. Fees for Impounded Dogs and Cats include an impound fee of $25 and a daily boarding fee of $10. Fees for impounded wild animals or livestock include an impound fee of $100 and a daily boarding fee of $10.
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