Kern County has no breed-specific ordinance — state law (Cal. Food & Agric. Code §31683) preempts breed bans. Dogs are regulated by conduct under Kern County Code §7.08.270, which defines potentially dangerous and vicious dogs based on behavior.
Kern County regulates dogs by what they do, not their breed. The county code contains no breed-specific restrictions, and California law bars breed bans in any case — the only breed-specific measure state law permits is a spay/neuter ordinance, which Kern County hasn't adopted. The teeth are in Kern County Code §7.08.270: a dog with two unprovoked off-property incidents within 36 months can be declared potentially dangerous, and one that causes severe injury or kills without provocation can be declared vicious. Declarations follow an administrative hearing and carry confinement, leash, muzzle, signage and registration conditions.
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