Alameda, CA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Alameda Municipal Code Section 7-10 sets a behavior-based process rather than a breed list. A potentially dangerous animal is one that, unprovoked, twice within 36 months requires a defensive action to prevent injury, bites causing less than severe injury, or twice attacks another domestic animal off its owner's property. 5 conviction, one that unprovoked inflicts severe injury or kills a person, or one already listed as potentially dangerous that keeps offending. 6 require the Animal Control Officer or a peace officer to give written notice, hold a hearing before the Police Department Animal Shelter Commander within ten business days, and issue findings within ten more; an owner who disagrees may appeal in writing with a $20 fee within five days to Alameda Municipal Court, which applies Food and Agriculture Code Sections 31622(b), 31623 and 31624.

9 requires a dog declared potentially dangerous to wear its City license at all times, display a warning sign visible from the public roadway, be kept in a fenced enclosure, and be restrained on a leash no longer than six feet with a muzzle in public. 10 makes it a misdemeanor for an owner of a potentially dangerous animal to let it attack, chase or menace someone.