Pinellas Park cannot adopt breed-specific dog regulations. Florida Statute 767.14, amended in 2023, preempts local governments from enacting any rules that target dogs by breed, weight, or size. Behavior-based dangerous-dog laws still apply.
Effective October 1, 2023, Florida Statute 767.14 prohibits any local government, county, or municipality from adopting or enforcing ordinances that regulate dogs based on breed, weight, or size. The 2023 amendment also removed a prior grandfather clause that had let Miami-Dade keep its pit bull ban. Pinellas Park may not pass a breed ban or breed-specific insurance, registration, or muzzling requirement. The city and Pinellas County still classify and regulate individual dangerous dogs under Chapter 767 Part II based on behavior such as biting or unprovoked attacks.
Because breed bans are preempted, no local breed violations exist; however, owners of dogs declared dangerous under FS 767 face strict confinement, signage, insurance, and registration duties.
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