Minnesota preempts breed bans. No Wright County city, Buffalo, Monticello, St. Michael, or Albertville, may outlaw a dog by breed. Under section 347.51, subdivision 8, breed-specific ordinances are void. Dogs are regulated only for dangerous behavior.
A common myth is that Minnesota cities can ban pit bulls. They cannot. Minnesota Statutes section 347.51, subdivision 8, bars any statutory or home-rule city, or a county, from regulating dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs based solely on breed, and declares inconsistent ordinances void. So no ordinance in Buffalo, Monticello, Albertville, St. Michael, or unincorporated Wright County may target pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any breed. Enforcement is behavior-based: a specific dog can be declared dangerous under sections 347.50 to 347.565 after conduct such as an unprovoked bite, then muzzled, leashed, and registered. Landlords and insurers may still set their own breed conditions by private contract.
A breed-specific local ordinance is void and unenforceable under state law. An individual dog is restrained only through a dangerous-dog designation based on its own behavior, carrying registration, muzzling, and containment orders.
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