Our animal control division has three full-time and one part-time animal control officers (ACOs) to respond to animal issues within the Marana town limits.
Stray Dogs that are contained can be picked up by an ACO during business hours. It is not unlawful for cats to roam freely, therefore healthy stray cats will not be picked up for transport to the shelter.
Owner surrender of an animal: please contact the Humane Society at (520) 327-6088 ext. 111 to make an appointment. You can also visit the HSSA site. A $60 fee will apply to owner surrenders.
Please note, animals adopted from Pima Animal Care (PACC) can only be returned to PACC within the first 30-days. After that they must go to HSSA and are subject to the owner surrender fee.
Emergencies: 911
General Questions: 520-382-8020
Dispatch Line: 520-682-4032
Dogs over the age of 3 months must be vaccinated for rabies.
All rabies vaccination certificates must include owner name and address, description of dog, date and type of vaccination, the manufacturer and serial number of the vaccine used, and the expiration or date of revaccination.
Dogs over the age of 3 months must be licensed within 30-days of residing in Marana. A vaccination certificate is required in order to obtain a license, and no license shall be issued by the town until the owner has paid a license fee.
Service dogs and active or retired working dogs for police, fire, military, and search and rescue dogs shall be licensed without paying a license fee.
Owners/custodians of any dogs must immediately remove and dispose in a sanitary manner any solid waste deposited by the dog on public property or on private property without the consent of the person in control of the property.
It is unlawful for the owner/custodian to allow to accumulate any solid wastes from dogs in such a manner that the waste creates an unsanitary condition.
No owner/custodian of an animal shall place or confine the animal or allow the animal to be placed or confined or to remain in a motor vehicle for such period of time as may endanger the health or wellbeing of the animal due to heat, lack of food or drink, or such other circumstances.
It is unlawful for an owner of a dog to allow the dog to be at large within the town limits.
It is unlawful to own, possess, harbor or control any animal or bird which frequently or for continuous duration howls, barks, meows, squawks, or makes other sounds, without provocation, if the sounds are clearly audible beyond the property line.
Click here for the full Code on Animal Control