Breed-specific bans are illegal in Minnesota. Under Minn. Stat. 347.51, subd. 8, no city or county may regulate dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs based solely on breed, and any such ordinance is void. Dakota County has no breed ban.
Minnesota law preempts breed-specific legislation. Minn. Stat. 347.51, subd. 8, states a statutory or home-rule-charter city, or a county, may not adopt an ordinance regulating dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs based solely on the specific breed of the dog, and ordinances inconsistent with that subdivision are void. So no pit-bull or other breed ban is enforceable in Dakota County or its cities. Instead, dogs are regulated by individual behavior under the dangerous/potentially-dangerous-dog framework of Minn. Stat. 347.50–347.565. The Dakota Woods off-leash dog park bars dogs declared dangerous or potentially dangerous, but that is behavior-based, not breed-based.
A breed-based local ordinance is legally void. Behavior-based dangerous-dog violations are enforced under Minn. Stat. 347.50–347.565 (registration, seizure, potential destruction).
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