Alameda County
Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services
In short
Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services issues 3 permits we publish for Alameda County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Practice Licensing — State Board License Applies (Alameda County)only if it applies to you | Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-28 |
| Dog Kennel Licenseonly if it applies to you | Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services | The kennel license carries a fee set under the county's own animal-licensing fee schedule; contact Animal Services for the current dollar figure. Confirm the current fee with the Sheriff's Office Animal Services division or the county Health Officer before applying. | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| Animal Services / County Animal-Control Enforcementonly if it applies to you | Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Veterinary Practice Licensing — State Board License Applies (Alameda County)
Alameda County's General Ordinance Code Title 3 (Business Licenses and Regulations), whose chapters cover the business license tax and named trades such as automobile junk yards, massage establishments, secondhand and junk dealers, taxicabs and tobacco retailers, names no veterinary practice license, so the County charges no fee for the practice credential itself; that credential comes from the State Veterinary Medical Board, recorded at the state layer. The county still reaches a veterinary practice through several of its own programs recorded separately for Alameda County: medical waste generator registration (countywide, ACDEH), HMBP/CUPA and hazardous-waste generator registration if the clinic stores or generates enough regulated material, the Dog Kennel License if it boards more than five dogs, and county Animal Services enforcement of rabies and dog-licensing ordinances.
Dog Kennel License
A 'kennel' under Title 5 is a place where more than five dogs are kept for breeding, training, treating, sale or other commercial purposes — relevant to a veterinary practice that also boards animals. This requirement applies in the unincorporated area, and separately in any incorporated city that has 'adopted the provisions of this chapter' for itself; confirm with the city government in question whether Title 5 has been locally adopted there before assuming it applies. No kennel license issues without both a Use Permit under Title 17 (Zoning), where the applicable zoning district requires one, and a current health-officer certificate confirming compliant operation. This is separate from the Sheriff's Office Animal Services enforcement record below, which covers general animal-control duties rather than the kennel license itself.
Animal Services / County Animal-Control Enforcement
No fee applies to a veterinary practice itself for this program. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services, enforces county animal-control ordinances — rabies vaccination, dog licensing, at-large regulations — in the unincorporated area and in the cities under contract with the county for animal services. The cities contracting with the county for the East County Animal Shelter are Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton; for any other city, confirm with the Sheriff's Office whether it contracts for county animal services. This program does not itself issue a business license for a veterinary practice — that credential is the state Veterinary Medical Board license, recorded separately below as a state, not county, function.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Alameda County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.alamedasheriff.gov/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Adopt a Pet / Animal Services — East County Animal Shelter contract cities (Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton)Alameda County Sheriff's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Alameda County General Ordinance Code (Title 3 Business Licenses, Title 5 Animals, Title 6 Health and Environment, Title 17 Zoning)Alameda County / Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Veterinary Medical Board — home pageCalifornia Veterinary Medical Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Alameda County
- Alameda County Community Development Agency, Planning Department
- Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Food Protection Program
- Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency)
- Alameda County Public Works Agency, Building Inspection Department (Permit Center)
- Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Business License Tax Unit
- Alameda County Clerk-Recorder
- Alameda County Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division
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