Local raccoon information

Raccoon control in Virginia

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Raccoons in Virginia: what to know

Around Virginia

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Raccoons in Virginia: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Virginia, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

139 of 332 animal cases

Rabid raccoons confirmed, 2025 (preliminary)

Raccoons lead Virginia's rabies count; Fairfax County alone had 45 cases.

Virginia Department of Health

Illegal to trap and relocate an animal to another area

Relocation

Trapped raccoons must be released on site or euthanized.

Virginia DWR

11 (Arlington, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico, James City, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Roanoke, York)

Localities with continuous open raccoon trapping season

Suburban Northern Virginia allows year-round trapping.

Virginia DWR

Raccoon species recorded in Virginia

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.

When raccoons are busiest in Virginia

Year-round conflicts; no kill permit needed on your own property in closed season.

Seeing a raccoon in daytime is not by itself a rabies sign per DWR.

Rules that apply in Virginia

For context, nationally

29% — Share of U.S. rabid animals that are raccoons. CDC
10% — Raccoons that expose people or pets and turn out rabid (within endemic range). CDC

Sources: Virginia Department of Health; Virginia DWR; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Alexandria

Humid Subtropical · urban setting

Raccoon control in Virginia

Raccoons in Virginia: what to know

Around Virginia

What to note

A useful next step

Raccoons in Virginia: what the public record shows

Raccoon species recorded in Virginia

When raccoons are busiest in Virginia

Rules that apply in Virginia

For context, nationally

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