Yuba County does not ban or restrict any dog breed. Its dangerous-dog rules (Code 8.05.220 and 8.05.230) track California Food & Agricultural Code 31602 and 31603 and judge individual dogs by behavior, not breed. State law (Food & Ag Code 31683) forbids local breed-specific dog-control programs, except spay/neuter programs under Health & Safety Code 122331.
There is no breed-specific ban in unincorporated Yuba County. The county's "potentially dangerous" and "vicious" dog provisions, Code 8.05.220 and 8.05.230, expressly adopt the definitions in California Food & Agricultural Code 31602 and 31603. A dog is "potentially dangerous" if, unprovoked, it forces defensive action twice within 36 months off the owner's property, bites causing a less-than-severe injury, or twice kills or seriously injures another domestic animal. A dog is "vicious" if it is seized in connection with dog-fighting (Penal Code 599aa / 597.5(a)), inflicts severe injury on or kills a person while unprovoked, or continues dangerous behavior after a potentially-dangerous listing. These tests turn on the individual dog's conduct, never its breed. California Food & Agricultural Code 31683 states that "no program regulating any dog shall be specific as to breed," with the only exception being spay/neuter programs authorized by Health & Safety Code 122331. So while the county may impose restrictions on a dog adjudicated dangerous or vicious through the judicial process in Code 8.05.240, it cannot single out pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any other breed for a ban or special rules.
Owning a dog that has been adjudicated vicious in violation of court-ordered conditions, or harboring a vicious animal under Code 8.05.300, is a misdemeanor punishable under Code 8.05.410 by up to six months in county jail and/or a fine up to $1,000. Dangerous-dog determinations follow the judicial petition process in Code 8.05.240.
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