Placer County does not impose any breed-specific dog ban. Instead, Chapter 6.08.030 of the County Code follows California Food & Agricultural Code §§ 31601-31683, which use behavior-based standards to declare an individual dog 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious'. State law (Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 31683) also bars cities and counties from enacting breed-specific bans except for mandatory spay/neuter and breeding programs.
Placer County Code § 6.08.030 establishes the local process for declaring a dog 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious' and imposing controls or, in extreme cases, ordering euthanasia. The standards are behavioral, tracking California Food & Agricultural Code §§ 31601-31683: a 'potentially dangerous dog' is one that, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior 36 months engages in any behavior requiring a defensive action by a person to prevent bodily injury when off the owner's property, or kills/injures a domestic animal off the property, or has bitten a human without inflicting severe injury; a 'vicious dog' is one that has caused severe bodily injury, has been seized under H&S Code § 599aa and used in dog fighting, or has been previously declared potentially dangerous with continuing violations. The Placer County Director of Animal Services initiates the petition and notice-of-hearing process when probable cause exists, and may impound the dog if it poses an immediate threat. Critically, California Food & Agricultural Code § 31683 expressly preempts breed-specific dog bans: 'Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a city or county from adopting or enforcing its own program for the control of potentially dangerous or vicious dogs that may incorporate all, part, or none of this chapter ... No program regulating any dog shall be specific as to breed.' (The narrow exception allows breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter and breeding ordinances under § 122331 et seq.) Placer County has not adopted any breed-specific spay/neuter ordinance.
Once declared potentially dangerous or vicious under § 6.08.030, the owner is subject to control conditions (secure enclosure, muzzle, leash, signage) and a determination remains in effect until rescinded. Violating the conditions may result in additional misdemeanor charges, impoundment, escalation to a vicious-dog determination, or court-ordered destruction of the animal under Cal. Food & Agric. Code §§ 31641-31646. Owners of dogs declared vicious can be prohibited from owning, possessing, or living with any dog for up to three years (Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 31662).
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