Alabama has no statewide breed ban and no law barring cities from adopting one; the state is silent. Unincorporated Madison County restricts no breed. Emily's Law targets dangerous dogs by behavior, expressly regardless of breed.
Alabama neither bans any dog breed statewide nor forbids its cities from doing so; state law is simply silent, leaving breed regulation to individual municipalities. Unincorporated Madison County imposes no breed restriction. The governing framework is behavior-based: Emily's Law, Ala. Code §3-6A-1 and following, defines a dangerous dog as one that has bitten, attacked, or injured a person without justification, and it says so regardless of the dog's breed. A dog is declared dangerous and subjected to confinement, muzzling, or euthanasia because of what it did, not what it is. Landlords and insurers may still refuse specific breeds by private contract.
No breed is banned to violate in unincorporated Madison County. A dog is restricted only after an individual dangerous-dog determination under Emily's Law, based on its own biting or attacking conduct.
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