Fayetteville, AR Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Fayetteville does not restrict or ban any dog breed, and there is no pit bull ordinance. Instead, Chapter 92 uses conduct-based rules. A dog that bites or attacks unprovoked can be declared vicious under Sec. 92.26 and must be kept in a locked enclosure, muzzled and restrained on a 3-foot, 300-pound-rated chain in public, sterilized, microchipped, and behind Beware of Vicious Animal signage; courts can order euthanasia. A separate dangerous-animal designation under Sec. 92.31 adds locked-enclosure, 4-foot-leash, muzzle, and signage duties. Arkansas does not preempt breed rules, so the city could adopt them, but Fayetteville has chosen a behavior-based approach instead.