DACC can only accept and process animal noise complaintsâincluding barking dog complaintsâfrom residents of our service area. We provide service to all unincorporated (non-city) areas of Los Angeles County as well as to contracted cities.
The City of Los Angeles is not serviced by our agency (except for small unincorporated areas surrounded by or adjacent to the city). If our agency does not serve your city, we cannot accept your complaint request. Our agency does not have the legal authority to conduct animal noise abatement proceedings outside our service area.
We understand that continuous noise caused by animals ( dogs, roosters, etc.) can adversely affect quality of life, and we are dedicated to helping to resolve such situations.
| Carson City | Lawndale |
| Commerce | Palos Verdes Estates |
| Culver City | Redondo Beach |
| El Monte | Rolling Hills |
| Gardena | Torrance City |
| Huntington Park | West Hollywood |
| La Puente | Whittier City |
| Lancaster City |
When you use our Online Service Request tool, your location will be checked to ensure that we can accept the Animal Noise Compliant. If you are out of our jurisdiction, our tool will direct you to the appropriate agency that handles your location. Before continuing, please check Animal Care Centers to ensure that we service your area.
It is required that the following steps be followed for animal noise complaints:
Submit your complaint, either by visiting any of our animal care centers, by completing the form found below, or by calling our Communication Center. Animal noise complaints CAN NOT be submitted anonymously. If not all information is filled out the complaint WILL NOT be processed
The animal care center staff will send a courtesy letter to the resident (and to you) notifying both parties of the complaint and the need to reÂsolve the situation.
An affidavit will be included with the letter to the complaining party. Please fill out the affidavit completely, sign it and send it via U.S. Mail to the address shown in the letter or deliver to any Department animal care center near you. Please be aware that we must receive a signed original affidavit. Copies, faxes, scanned documents, or those that lack either a signature or verifiable information regarding the excesÂsive noise, cannot be acted upon.
Once we receive the sworn affidavit, an officer will be dispatched to the address where the noise is coming from (as indicated on the affidavit) and speak to the person responsible for the aniÂmal(s). The officer will issue a Warning of Excess Noise form (WEN).
Once the WEN has been issued to the animal owner or responsible person, they have ten (10) days to reduce the noise.
If the excessive noise continues beyond the ten-day period, the complaining party can provide the Department with some evidence of the continuing excessive noise. With evidence to support the complaint we can re-contact the owner/responsible person and issue an administrative citation that results in a fine that must be paid within 30 days. The first offense has a civil penalty of $100. If the responsible party fails to correct the noise each complaint may result in additional administrative citations with penalties increasing on a progressive scale to $500 for each occurrence.
For additional information on this process, or, if you have received a courtesy letter stating that a complaint was made against your animals please click on these links:
Visit Administrative Citation Page
Suggestions to Reduce Animal Noise
Please be advised that the Department of Animal Care and Control is a public agency, and as such, it is statutorily obligated to comply with the State of California Public Records Act as defined in Ca. Government Code § 6250 et. seq. Whenever legally appropriate, the Department makes every effort to protect an individualâs right to privacy. However, you should be aware that information you submit to the Department is subject to the Public Records Act and under certain circumstances, the Department may be required to disclose some or all of the information that you submit in accordance with the Public Records Act or by order of the Court.
