Nevada County does not ban specific dog breeds. California Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 preempts breed-specific dangerous-dog ordinances; counties may only adopt breed-specific spay/neuter or breeding requirements, not breed bans. The County instead regulates individual vicious or dangerous dogs by behavior, not breed.
There is no breed ban in unincorporated Nevada County. California law controls this area: Food & Agricultural Code Section 31683 prohibits cities and counties from enacting dog regulations that are specific as to breed, with a narrow exception allowing breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter or breeding programs (added by SB 861 in 2005). That means a California county cannot prohibit or restrict ownership of pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any other breed outright. Nevada County's animal regulations instead address dogs individually based on conduct, through its vicious and potentially dangerous dog provisions and its general at-large and animal-control rules, rather than by breed. Owners of any breed must still license their dogs, keep current rabies vaccinations, and prevent their animals from running at large. If a particular dog is declared potentially dangerous or vicious because of its behavior, the County imposes confinement and other conditions on that specific animal regardless of its breed.
Because there is no breed ban, there is no breed-based violation. Enforcement focuses on individual-animal conduct (at-large, bites, vicious/dangerous-dog determinations) and on licensing/vaccination compliance, all of which apply equally to every breed.
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