No. Virginia law forbids declaring any dog dangerous or vicious solely because of its breed, and bans prohibiting ownership of any particular breed. Chesterfield County has no breed-specific ban; dangerous-dog findings are behavior-based.
Under Virginia Code § 3.2-6540, a court may not find a dog dangerous solely because it is a particular breed, and ownership of any breed cannot be prohibited. Virginia's dangerous-dog law is behavior-based: a dog is found dangerous if it killed or seriously injured another dog or cat, or directly caused serious injury to a person. As a Dillon-rule locality, Chesterfield cannot enact a breed ban stricter than state law and does not maintain one. Owners of dogs adjudicated dangerous must register, confine, and insure the animal.
There is no breed-based penalty. Owners of a court-declared dangerous dog who fail to register or comply face Class 1 misdemeanor penalties under state law.
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