Forsyth County does not ban any dog breed. North Carolina law (NCGS 67-4.1) defines a 'dangerous dog' by behavior, not breed - a dog that without provocation kills or severely injures a person, is kept for fighting, or is declared potentially dangerous after biting or menacing.
Neither Forsyth County's animal ordinance nor North Carolina law bans specific breeds. NCGS 67-4.1 defines a 'dangerous dog' as one that without provocation has killed or inflicted severe injury on a person, or any dog owned or trained for dog fighting, or a dog determined 'potentially dangerous.' A dog is 'potentially dangerous' if it has bitten causing broken bones or disfiguring lacerations, killed or severely injured a domestic animal off the owner's property, or approached a person off-property in a terrorizing manner. The county reaches biting animals through Sec. 6-17 (Animal Bite) and may require confinement measures and liability insurance (Sec. 6-18). Local restraint rules still apply to every dog.
Under NCGS 67-4.3, an owner who violates a dangerous-dog restraint order commits a Class 3 misdemeanor. County code violations (biting animal, failure to confine) are a Class 3 misdemeanor with a fine up to $500 (Sec. 6-55). A biting animal
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