Pennsylvania prohibits breed-specific bans: the PA Dog Law bars municipalities from regulating dangerous dogs by breed. Instead, any dog — regardless of breed — that attacks or severely injures may be declared a 'dangerous dog' and must be confined in a proper enclosure. Delaware County adds no breed rule.
State law preempts breed-specific legislation. Under the PA Dog Law's dangerous-dog provisions (3 P.S. §459-501-A et seq.), status turns on the dog's conduct — attacking or severely injuring a person or domestic animal without provocation — not on breed such as pit bull or Rottweiler. A separate section bars local governments from enacting breed-discriminatory ordinances, so no Delaware County municipality may ban a breed. A dog adjudicated dangerous must be registered, insured, and kept in a proper enclosure or muzzled and leashed off-property. Delaware County itself imposes no breed restriction; enforcement runs through district courts and the state dog warden.
Owners of an adjudicated dangerous dog face fines of not less than $500 and must maintain a proper enclosure; failure can lead to seizure and misdemeanor charges.
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