Dog bite and animal-injury coverage for communities north of Seattle, including Everett and the broader North Sound.
Snohomish County Animal Services has three reporting channels and one jurisdictional limit. Getting the limit right first saves the other three from being wasted.
The county's website says dogs must be leashed. The code says the dog must be "under control," and the definition of that phrase does more work for an injured person than the shorthand does.
There is no single Snohomish County animal control. Which agency handles your report, and which code applies, is decided by the address where it happened.
Two systems are looking at the same dog and asking different questions. Learning which one you are in explains why the answers can diverge.
Most Washington cities put the bite-reporting duty on the dog's owner. Lynnwood's code is written more broadly than that, and the difference is worth knowing before you decide whether to call.