Larimer County and Fort Collins have no breed-specific dog bans. Colorado state law, C.R.S. 18-9-204.5(5), lets counties and cities regulate dangerous dogs but forbids any rule that targets a specific breed.
Colorado's dangerous-dog statute, C.R.S. 18-9-204.5, preempts breed-specific legislation. Subsection (5)(a) allows a municipality to adopt dangerous-dog rules "except that any such rule or law shall not regulate dangerous dogs in a manner that is specific to breed," and (5)(b) applies the same limit to counties. Larimer County's own code (Sec. 6-79) and the state statute define and penalize "dangerous" dogs by individual behavior, not breed: a dog inflicting bodily injury is a class 2 misdemeanor, serious bodily injury a class 1 misdemeanor, and causing death a class 5 felony. So no pit bull or other breed ban applies in unincorporated Larimer County, Fort Collins, or Loveland.
Owning a dog that qualifies as "dangerous" by behavior carries state penalties from a class 2 misdemeanor up to a class 5 felony (death); breed alone is never a violation.
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