Upland, CA Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Breed criteria
- none; conduct-based only
- Look-back period
- 36 months for prior incidents
- Hearing officer
- city manager or designee
- Appeal window
- 5 business days to superior court
- Worst case
- destruction of a vicious dog
Summary
Upland has no breed-specific dog ban. Instead, Chapter 6.08 lets the city declare an individual dog 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious' based solely on documented bites, attacks or aggressive behavior, following a hearing before a hearing officer, with conditions like muzzling, enclosure and insurance, or removal for the most severe cases.
"Potentially dangerous dog" means any of the following: 1. Any dog which, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior 36-month period, engages in any behavior that requires defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the dog are not on the property of the owner or keeper of the dog; 2. Any dog which, when unprovoked, bites a person causing a less severe injury than as described in this section; 3. Any dog which, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior 36-month period has killed, seriously bitten, inflicted injury, or otherwise caused injury to a domestic animal when not on the property of the owner or keeper of the dog.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
5 conviction, one that unprovoked inflicts severe injury or kills a human, or a previously listed potentially dangerous dog that repeats the behavior. Nothing in the chapter references breed as a factor. 050 if it poses an immediate threat. 070, the officer weighs bite history, injury severity, provocation, and whether the dog can be retrained, deciding by a preponderance of the evidence. 170 if release would threaten public safety. 100(B).
Violations & Fines
Failing to comply with conditions imposed on a potentially dangerous or vicious dog allows the animal services division to seize and re-impound the dog and petition for a new hearing under Section 6.08.120(G), which can result in an order of removal or destruction. Determinations are appealable to superior court within five days of notice under Section 6.08.100(B), governed by Food and Agriculture Code Sections 31622 through 31624.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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