Hall County, GA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Hall County's chapter 4.10 contains no breed-specific ban or registration; instead it defines "dangerous animal" and "potentially dangerous animal" in section 4.10.100 purely by documented conduct. A dangerous animal is one that, per an appropriate authority's records, has without provocation inflicted severe injury on a human, or that aggressively bites, attacks or endangers safety without provocation after already being classified potentially dangerous. A potentially dangerous animal is one with a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked, cause injury, or otherwise threaten safety. Once the animal control officer classifies or reclassifies an animal under section 4.10.510, the owner must receive written notice by certified mail or hand delivery describing the findings, and has 15 days from the notice date to request a hearing before the governing authority or its designee by filing a $250 fee or a pauper's affidavit; the hearing, once requested, must be scheduled within 30 days under section 4.10.540.

Section 4.10.630 requires a potentially dangerous animal to be restrained by a substantial chain or leash no longer than six feet whenever outside its enclosure, and section 4.10.670 bars housing a classified dangerous, potentially dangerous or vicious animal's enclosure within one mile of a school, daycare, church or public gathering place, and bars any felon from owning or controlling such an animal. Confiscation and destruction for noncompliance run through sections 4.10.640 and 4.10.650.