Arizona bars breed-specific dog laws. Pinal County regulates dogs by behavior, not breed, so no breed is banned. A.R.S. 11-1005 allows the county to enforce dog ordinances only if they are not specific to any breed.
Arizona is a breed-neutral state. A.R.S. 11-1005(A)(3) authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract for enforcement of city dog ordinances only if the provisions are not specific to any breed, and A.R.S. 11-1027 bars cities and counties from adopting breed-discriminatory rules. Pinal County Animal Care & Control therefore regulates individual dogs by conduct, not appearance. Dangerous behavior is addressed through the aggressive-dog and vicious-animal statutes (A.R.S. 11-1014.01 and 11-1014), which turn on a dog's bite or attack history, never its breed. No pit bull, Rottweiler or other breed is banned in Pinal County.
There is no breed ban to violate. A dog that bites or attacks may be declared aggressive or vicious and subjected to control orders regardless of breed.
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