Louisburg, KS Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Louisburg's Code contains no breed-specific ban; § 2-301 instead defines a "dangerous animal" by conduct: any animal that attacks, bites, or injures a human or kills a domestic animal, or any uncontained animal that approaches a person in a vicious or threatening manner on a street, sidewalk, or public ground. Subsection (b) carves out exceptions for animals reacting to trespass, provocation, or a crime being committed against them, and law-enforcement dogs are exempt under (c). Once the animal control officer has probable cause, the owner receives a notice to appear in municipal court and the animal may be impounded pending the hearing under (d), where the City bears the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the animal is dangerous and is kept within City limits, per (e).

If the municipal judge makes that finding under (f), the judge chooses among three outcomes: humane destruction, removal from the City, or continued ownership under a strict registration package: a four-foot leash and muzzle whenever outside the pen, secure locked confinement, "dangerous animal" signage front and rear, $1,000,000 liability insurance naming the City as additional insured, yearly identification photographs, mandatory microchipping and sterilization by 120 days of age, a ban on transfer to anyone inside the City, and a rule that no dangerous animal may be kept within 400 feet of a school, park, playground, or licensed daycare. Owners under eighteen may not own a dangerous animal at all under subsection (K).