Animal Control FAQs

If a stray animal is on your property, you can call the Jones Creek City Hall, 979-233-2700, or the Marshal’s office, 979-233-3091, to have the animal picked up.

Your animal must be registered and licensed with the Village yearly. This will help insure that animals are vaccinated and not being abused. It will also help the animal control officer to locate the owners of animals that may be picked up.

Your animal must be vaccinated for rabies yearly.

The shelter will hold an animal for three days if it is not registered and five days if it is registered. During this time, the shelter staff will make every effort possible to locate the owner of the animal.

Fees for pickup for a licensed animal are $25.00 and $50.00 for unlicensed animals. Also, boarding fees are $5.00 per day will be added. You will pay for this at Jones Creek City Hall.

You will contact Jones Creek City Hall to see if your animal has been impounded and how to reclaim your animal.

Yes, there are penalties that can be assessed by the judge for violating these laws. That can be as much as $2,000.00.

If you are attacked or feel threatened by an animal, please dial 9-1-1 immediately.

An animal that is found off of the premise of the owner, as well as an animal that is found outside of the enclosure in which it is required to be kept.

Although the City of Brazoria is not a no-kill facility, we do make every attempt to find pets owners and adoptable homes if at all possible. After an animal has been kept for a set amount of time the animal will become available for adoption to interested and qualified people. No animal will be adopted to anyone that has been convicted of abuse to animals. Every pet deserves a chance to be happy just like its owners or people. For information on how to adopt an animal, please contact Brazoria City Hall at 979-798-2489.

If your animal bites someone, the animal must be placed in quarantine for a period of ten days to allow the animal to be observed for signs of the rabies virus. After the quarantine period, the owner can get the animal back unless it tests positive for rabies. The owner will be responsible for all fees charged during the quarantine.

If your animal is picked up by the Animal Control Officer, it will be taken to the City of Brazoria Animal Shelter. The Shelter will make every attempt to locate the owner and return the animal.

An animal that attacks a person or another animal, an animal that is repeatedly at large, an animal that barks, whines, or howls excessively, an animal that causes an odor, or an animal this is continuously stray.

An animal that makes an unprovoked attack on a person or another animal that causes bodily injury; or shows any sign of aggression that would make a person believe the animal would attack.

An unrestrained dog or cat is one that is allowed to run loose without a leash and leave the confines of the owner’s property.

By ordinance of Jones Creek, a person becomes the owner of a stray if that person allows the animal to stay on their property under their control for any part of three out of five consecutive days. To avoid becoming the owner of a stray, a person should call the Village offices and report it so that animal control can take possession of it and attempt to locate the owner or a home for the animal.

You may register your animal with the Village at City Hall. The tag is $5.00 yearly for altered animals and $10.00 yearly for unaltered animals.