Osceola County does not ban any dog breed. Florida law (FS 767.14) lets local governments regulate dangerous dogs but bars breed-specific bans, so pit bulls and other breeds are legal; dangerous behavior, not breed, triggers restrictions.
Osceola County's animal code regulates dogs by conduct (running at large, dangerous-dog behavior) rather than by breed. Florida Statute 767.14 expressly allows counties to adopt dangerous-dog rules more strict than state law but prohibits regulation that is 'specific to breed.' As a result no breed is banned in unincorporated Osceola County. Any dog can be declared dangerous if it aggressively bites, attacks, or endangers a person, or kills or severely injures a domestic animal, under FS 767.11. Homeowners-association covenants may still restrict breeds separately from county code.
No breed-based penalties exist. Enforcement is by behavior under the dangerous-dog provisions of FS Ch. 767 and the county animal code.
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