Davis, CA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing text
- Yolo County Code Title 6, Ch.1, Art.10
- Adopted by
- Davis Municipal Code § 5.02.010
- Breed-specific list
- None in city code
- Enforced by
- City, within city limits
Summary
Davis has no breed-specific ban. Instead, Section 5.02.010 adopts the entire vicious-animal article of the Yolo County Code by reference, enforcing it inside city limits regardless of the animal's breed.
Title 6, Chapter 1, Article 10 of the Yolo County Code, in its entirety, pertaining to vicious animals, is incorporated by reference into this Code and shall be enforced within the limits of the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4915048; v22 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
' Rather than writing its own dangerous-dog declaration procedure or naming restricted breeds, Davis relies wholly on the county's vicious-animal framework, so the operative standards for declaring an animal vicious or dangerous, and the resulting confinement or destruction procedures, live in the Yolo County Code rather than in a separately drafted Davis ordinance. 020, including authority for designated officers to carry firearms while on animal control duty under conditions set by state Penal Code Section 12031. Because the substantive standard for declaring an animal vicious is entirely the county's text, adopted wholesale rather than paraphrased, a page describing Davis's own vicious-animal rule can only accurately point to the incorporation, not to independently drafted breed criteria the city code does not contain.
Violations & Fines
Violations of the vicious-animal standard are prosecuted under the incorporated Yolo County Code, Title 6, Chapter 1, Article 10, as enforced by the city under Section 5.02.010; Davis's own code does not set out separate penalty amounts for this article, unlike the licensing penalties spelled out for dog licensing failures under the companion Section 5.04.030.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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