There is no breed ban in Snohomish County, and Washington law bars pure breed bans. Under RCW 16.08.110 a county may not prohibit or specially regulate a dog by breed unless it offers a good-behavior exemption process. The county regulates dangerous dogs by conduct, not breed.
Washington's RCW 16.08.110 (effective January 1, 2020) provides that a city or county may not prohibit possession of a dog based on its breed, impose breed-specific possession requirements, or declare a dog dangerous based on breed unless it maintains a process exempting any dog that passes the AKC Canine Good Citizen test or an equivalent behavioral test. Snohomish County has no breed-specific ban; instead SCC chapter 9.10 classifies dogs as "potentially dangerous" or "dangerous" based on individual behavior such as biting or attacking. Breed alone cannot make a dog dangerous under county code.
Because there is no breed ban, enforcement targets individual dangerous-dog conduct under SCC 9.10, not breed. Any breed-based rule lacking the state-required behavioral exemption would be unenforceable.
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