Article X — Prohibited Conduct.
Sec. 5-123. - Selling animals without license prohibited.
Sonoma County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Sonoma County
No person shall sell, display, offer for sale, barter or give away any animal as a pet, prize, toy, premium or novelty, except a person licensed pursuant to this chapter to operate a commercial kennel, pet fancier facility or pet shop, or as part of an agricultural operation, commercial hatchery or store regularly engaged in the selling of livestock, or unless such person is the owner of such animal and such sale, display, offer for sale, barter or gift occurs on the owner's premises, or on the premises where the animal is boarded or kept.
(Ord. No. 4782 § 19, 1994: Ord. No. 4653 § 2(u), 1993.)
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