Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 5 — Health and Sanitation
Rancho Santa Margarita Municipal Code Ch. 5.12 Animal Control, Welfare and License Requirements
Rancho Santa Margarita Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rancho Santa Margarita
Sections in this part
- Article I — GENERAL
- Article II — CONTROL AND LICENSING OF DOGS, CATS, LIVESTOCK, AND OTHER DOMESTIC AND…
- Article III — DOG LICENSING
- Article IV — CAT LICENSING
- Article V — RABIES CONTROL
- Article VI — DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
- Article VII — ANIMAL IMPOUNDMENT
- Article VIII — ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE
- Article IX — KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK
- Article X — GENERAL LICENSING PROCEDURES
- Article XI — ADDITIONAL OR UNUSUAL ANIMAL LICENSE
- Article XII — LICENSING OF ANIMAL FACILITIES
- Article XIII — ANIMAL EXHIBITIONS
Cite as: Rancho Santa Margarita Municipal Code Chapter 5.12 · Text as of 2026-10-04
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 16-09, § 1, adopted Jan. 1, 2017, repealed the former Ch. 5.12, §§ 5.12.005—5.12.070, 5.12.200—5.12.290, 5.12.300—5.12.360, 5.12.400, 5.12.410, 5.12.500—5.12.540, 5.12.600, 5.12.610, 5.12.700, 5.12.800—5.12.840, 5.12.900, 5.12.1000—5.12.1090, 5.12.1100—5.12.1140, 5.12.1200—5.12.1240, 5.12.1300—5.12.1370, and enacted a new Ch. 5.12 as set out herein. The former Ch. 5.12 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 06-05, § 1, adopted June 14, 2006; Ord. No. 07-02, §§ 1—4, adopted Feb. 28, 2007.
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