Bites, Cruelty, & Noise

What the Law Says

Municipal Code Section 6.12.030

Without limitation as to the general provisions of Section 6.12.020, the following specific acts and conditions committed by a dog are hereby declared to be unlawful and to constitute a public nuisance, and the owner of a dog committing any of the following shall be subject to the penalties provided by 6.12.040;

• Being in or upon any public building or public or private school grounds, except when authorized by appropriate officials, and excepting further, "seeing eye" dogs while guiding, in attendance with, or waiting for a blind person;
• Annoying, harassing, nipping, mauling or biting any person or persons;
• A female dog in breedable condition being within the Town, except when confined in or upon the premises of its owner;
• Damaging or destroying any property or thing of value;
• Creating a noise in a neighborhood by howling, barking or making unusual sounds that disturb two (2) or more persons residing in different residences during three (3) separate days within a seven (7) day period;
• Leaving excretion on any property other than the property of its owner.

Vicious Animal Complaints

If any person or animal has been harassed, nipped at, or bitten, please call the Paradise Police Department as soon as possible at (530) 872-6241.  

To adequately hold a dangerous or  vicious animal hearing, we need the following information:  

1. Name of the owner
2. Time of the violation
3. Date of the violation
4. Location of the violation
5. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all witnesses
6. Description of what happened
7. Photographs of the animal(s)
8. Photographs of the victim(s)
9. All photographs need to be dated with location and who took them

Barking Dog Complaints

To file a complaint about a barking dog, please fill out the form below.  According to our municipal code, dogs may not create "a noise in a neighborhood by howling, barking or making unusual sounds that disturb two or more persons residing in different residences during three separate days within a seven day period." Therefore, two or more people residing in different residences must be disturbed and file a complaint on three different days before a citation may be issued.

Complaints should be turned into the Paradise Animal Shelter, Attention Animal Control Barking Dog Complaint at:

925 American Way
Paradise, CA 95969
(530) 872-6275