Yakima has no dog breed ban today. The City of Yakima repealed its decades-old pit bull ban in 2018. Washington does not preempt breed-specific laws but regulates dangerous dogs by conduct under RCW 16.08. Unincorporated county judges dogs by behavior.
Washington does not preempt breed-specific legislation, so a city or county may adopt breed rules, but Yakima has moved the other way. The City of Yakima enforced a pit bull ban for roughly three decades until the council repealed it, effective September 2018, replacing it with a strengthened, conduct-based dangerous-dog ordinance. Unincorporated Yakima County regulates dogs by behavior rather than breed. Statewide, RCW 16.08 lets authorities declare an individual dog potentially dangerous or dangerous after specific conduct such as an unprovoked bite or attack, then impose confinement, muzzling, and insurance on that dog regardless of its breed.
A dog is restricted only through an individual potentially-dangerous or dangerous-dog determination based on its own conduct. Violating the containment, muzzling, or insurance terms that follow can be a criminal offense.
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Yakima County requires permits to remove trees above a certain size on private property. Protected species and street trees have additional restrictions.
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