Maple Grove, MN Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)

Maple Grove does not ban or restrict any specific dog breed such as pit bulls or Rottweilers. State law forecloses breed bans: Minnesota Statutes 347.51, subdivision 8, provides that a statutory or home rule charter city, or a county, may not adopt an ordinance regulating dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs based solely on the specific breed of the dog, and that ordinances inconsistent with this are void. Consistent with that, Maple Grove's Chapter 6 regulates dogs by individual conduct, not breed. Section 6-53 lets the police chief or designee declare an animal "potentially dangerous" if, without provocation, it attacks or bites, chases or approaches a person in a menacing or attack-like manner, has a known propensity to attack or injure, or is kept or trained for fighting. Section 6-54 covers animals declared "dangerous" and requires the owner to comply with Minnesota Statutes 347.50 through 347.565. The only breed-like references in the code are in definitions excluding wolf, coyote, or jackal hybrids from the term "domestic dog" and ocelot or margay hybrids from "domestic cat" - those hybrids are treated as wild/exotic animals, not as a breed restriction on ordinary dogs.