No. New Jersey law bars breed-specific dog bans. The state Vicious and Potentially Dangerous Dog Act supersedes any municipal, county, or board-of-health rule that targets a specific breed. Burlington County towns regulate individual dogs by behavior after a bite or attack, never by breed.
New Jersey's Vicious and Potentially Dangerous Dog Act (N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq.) preempts breed-specific legislation statewide. Section 4:19-36 provides that the Act supersedes any inconsistent law, ordinance, or regulation concerning vicious or potentially dangerous dogs, any specific breed of dog, or any other type of dog enacted by any municipality, county, or board of health. Instead of breed labels, a dog is declared "potentially dangerous" or "vicious" through a municipal court process after it bites or attacks, triggering confinement, muzzle, insurance, and signage requirements for that individual animal. No Burlington County town may lawfully ban pit bulls or any other breed.
A breed-specific ban would be void as preempted. Owners of a court-declared vicious or potentially dangerous dog who violate the keeping conditions face municipal-court penalties and possible seizure of the dog.
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