Plumas County, CA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Plumas County does not maintain a breed-specific ban in its animal code; dangerous-dog regulation under Title 6, Chapter 1 is conduct-based. The County Code defines a vicious dog as any dog having a disposition or propensity to attack or bite any person or animal without provocation. If the Animal Control Director's records show an animal has, on more than one occasion, bitten or attacked a person or other animal without provocation, that is prima facie evidence the animal is vicious. Every vicious dog must at all times be confined in a substantial pen, and except when so confined, keeping a vicious dog is declared a public nuisance. When the Animal Control Director has reasonable cause to believe a dog is vicious and constitutes an immediate hazard, the dog may be seized; if the owner cannot be located or refuses to arrange confinement, the Director may order it destroyed or take lesser protective measures. This county framework operates alongside California's dangerous-dog statutes (Food and Agricultural Code §§31601-31683), and §31683 confirms that any breed-based regulation must be limited to spay/neuter or breeding programs and cannot declare a dog dangerous solely by breed.