Escambia County cannot ban or restrict any dog by breed. Florida Statute 767.14 prohibits local governments from adopting breed-, weight-, or size-specific dog regulations, so pit bulls and other breeds are treated the same as any other dog.
Florida is a breed-neutral state. F.S. § 767.14 lets counties add safety rules for dogs that have bitten or attacked, but expressly bars any regulation 'specific to breed, weight, or size.' Escambia County therefore regulates individual dogs through its dangerous-dog process (Code § 10-14) based on behavior, not breed. A dog earns 'dangerous' status by biting, attacking, or menacing people — not by what breed it is. Landlords, HOAs, and insurers may still impose their own private breed policies, which state preemption does not override.
There is no breed-based penalty because breed bans are unlawful; instead, owners of behaviorally declared dangerous dogs face registration duties and criminal liability under F.S. § 767.13 for future attacks.
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