Solano County does not have any breed-specific ordinance. California Health & Safety Code Section 122331 prohibits local jurisdictions from declaring any specific breed inherently dangerous, vicious, or potentially dangerous. The county and its cities instead regulate individual dogs through the state's potentially-dangerous and vicious-dog process under Food & Agricultural Code Section 31601 et seq.
Solano County Code Chapter 4 (Animals and Fowl) does not list any restricted, prohibited, or regulated dog breeds. California state law preempts the field: Health & Safety Code Section 122331(a) provides that 'no specific dog breed shall be declared potentially dangerous or vicious' under any local breed-discriminatory ordinance, although local agencies may adopt mandatory spay/neuter or breeding programs targeting a specific breed (HSC Section 122331(b)). The county and its cities (Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville, Vallejo) all rely on California Food & Agricultural Code Section 31601 et seq., under which Animal Control may petition a hearing officer to declare an individual dog 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious' based on documented behavior - regardless of breed. A dog declared potentially dangerous must be kept indoors, in an enclosed yard, or on leash and muzzled in public per Section 31641. Insurance carriers in Solano County may still apply their own breed lists, but those are private underwriting decisions, not county law.
Because there is no breed restriction to violate, enforcement is behavior-based. An individual dog declared potentially dangerous or vicious under FAC Section 31601 et seq. that violates handling conditions can be impounded; a dog declared vicious may be ordered destroyed under Section 31645 if a court finds it presents a continuing threat.
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