Animal Control and Licenses

The Renton Police Department employs two full-time Animal Control officers to serve residents within Renton city limits.

What Animal Control Officers do

  • Investigate and enforce noise violations, such as barking dogs or other repetitive noises
  • Report on and quarantine biting animals
  • Pick up domestic animals in violation of the city's trespass ordinance
  • Enforce animal at large violations
  • Advise and educate community members on alternatives for nuisance cats or wildlife
  • Investigate animal cruelty complaints
  • Enforce the city's licensing requirements for dogs and cats
  • Take reports of lost/found domestic animals
  • Aid any sick or injured animal
  • Pick up any stray or deceased animal on the roadway

What Animal Control Officers do not handle

  • Issues outside the Renton city limits. King County residents (including unincorporated King County), contact King County Animal Control
  • Rodents or insect
  • Cats in trees

Finding a lost pet

To check if a lost animal within the city limits of Renton is in our care, go to the Animal Control Facebook page.

If the animal has identification such as an ID tag or microchip, attempts to contact the owner are made. Animals without identification are held for a minimum three-day holding period and then are put up for adoption according to health and temperament.

The Lost/Found form(PDF, 144KB) can be used in order to assist us in locating a pet or to help us to return an animal to its owner. Complete the form and email it, along with a photo.

Foster homes

Renton Animal Control is seeking good foster homes. What is required to become a foster home?

  • Have a safe and caring environment for the animal
  • Have time to spend with the animal
  • Be able to attend trainings, bring animal in for medical care if necessary, and other transport as needed
  • Be willing and able to work with Renton Police Animal Control staff and volunteers
  • Be able to pass a background check

Apply: Volunteer Foster Application(PDF, 269KB)

Please print and complete the application and mail it to, or drop it off at, the Renton Police Department to the attention of Stephanie Hynes.

Free microchipping program

Do you have a pet and live in Renton? Is your pet microchipped? One way to help Renton Animal Control ensure your lost pet is quickly and safely returned home is through microchipping.  

Microchipping inserts a tiny chip into your pet. The chip can be scanned to access the owner's information and reunite residents with their lost dog or cat.  

In partnership with the Renton Community Foundation and Eastside Veterinary Associates, free microchipping services are available for Renton pets. This service normally costs around $70 per animal. Renton residents can visit Eastside Veterinary Associates, 1700 NE 44th St., Monday through Friday.   

Check-in is 11:30 a.m. No appointment is necessary. Proof of Renton residency via a driver's license or utility bill is required during service.  

Help ensure Renton's animals have a safe home to return to. Get your pet microchipped for free!

 

Contact Us

Phone

425-430-7550
425-235-2121

Email

AC@rentonwa.gov

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