Loveland has no breed-specific dog legislation — pit bulls and all other breeds are legal. Dangerous-dog conduct is regulated under Colorado Revised Statute § 18-9-204.5, which preempts municipalities from regulating dangerous dogs by breed. Loveland enforces conduct-based dangerous-dog rules through LMC Title 6 and NOCO Humane investigations.
Loveland Municipal Code Title 6 (Animals) contains no breed ban and no breed-restricted permit. The Animal Legal & Historical Center's index of Colorado local breed-specific legislation lists Aurora, Commerce City, Denver, Fort Lupton, and Louisville as cities with pit bull restrictions — Loveland is not on the list. Dangerous-dog conduct is regulated under Colorado Revised Statute § 18-9-204.5 ('Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog'), which defines a 'dangerous dog' as one that has inflicted bodily or serious bodily injury or death on a person or domestic animal, demonstrated tendencies that would cause a reasonable person to believe it may do so, or has been trained for or engaged in animal fighting. Critically, § 18-9-204.5(5)(b) preempts breed-specific local regulation: 'Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a municipality from adopting any rule or law for the control of dangerous dogs; except that any such rule or law shall not regulate dangerous dogs in a manner that is specific to breed.' Loveland therefore enforces conduct-based dangerous-dog rules under LMC Title 6 and CRS § 18-9-204.5, with NOCO Humane Animal Protection & Control handling dangerous/vicious animal investigations, bite reports, and rabies quarantines. There is no pit bull ban or breed-restricted permit in Loveland.
Owning a dog adjudicated 'dangerous' under CRS § 18-9-204.5 is a class 1 misdemeanor or class 6 felony depending on the level of injury, in addition to any Loveland municipal animal-control action under LMC Title 6.
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