Frequently Asked Questions

You may contact the non-emergency number for the Yamhill Communications Agency (YCOM) at 503-434-6500 or the Newberg-Dundee dispatch center for Newberg/East Yamhill County at 503-538-8321. They will forward the report to the appropriate agency for response.

You can check our Facebook page, call the Licensing and Redemption Services for Yamhill County Dog Control Office (503-472-0341, ext. 4), any of the numerous volunteer groups social media pages, or your local law enforcement agency.

If the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) has picked up your dog, you will need to come to Licensing and Redemption Services for Yamhill County Dog Control, through Homeward Bound Pets (723 NE Evans Street, McMinnville) to start the redemption process. Please do not contact go to the Shelter directly if YCSO has custody of your dog. They will be unable to assist you. You may call the Licensing and Redemption Services office at 503-472-0341, ext. 4 to confirm costs and scheduling for redemption. Dogs will be required to be licensed before redemption.

If a Law Enforcement agency other than the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office has notified you that your dog has been picked up and is being held, you will need to work with that Law Enforcement agency to redeem your dog.

Depending on whether or not you were able to contain the dog, you may report a dog at large by:

• Contacting the appropriate non-emergency number listed above to report the location and description of the dog if you are not able to contain the dog or if the dog has no identification available;
• Contacting the dog owner if you are able to contain the dog and there is identification/contact information available on the dog's collar; or
• Contacting the appropriate non-emergency number listed above to provide the license information if you are able to contain the dog but there is only license information, not owner contact information.