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Licensing and Regulating: LR 8.4000 - Vicious dogs, dangerous dogs, breed bans

Expand Section Electronic Documents (12 Results)

  1. Ordinance No. 1036-09 - Repeals and replaces Ch. 6.04, animal control
    Ordinance | Document Date: 5/09
    Jurisdiction: Sultan

  2. Ordinance No. 2197 - Amends Section 7.04.090(E), declaration of dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs--declaration appeal procedure
    Ordinance | Document Date: 2/08
    Jurisdiction: Tukwila

  3. Ordinance No. 1479 - Adds Ch. 7.34, breed specific dog restrictions
    Ordinance | Document Date: 11/06
    Jurisdiction: Oak Harbor

  4. Ordinance No. 1480 - Readopts and recodifies Ch. 7.32, dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs
    Ordinance | Document Date: 11/06
    Jurisdiction: Oak Harbor

  5. Ordinance No. 06-527 - Amends Ch. 4, dangerous dogs
    Ordinance | Document Date: 6/06
    Jurisdiction: Federal Way

  6. Ordinance No. 1399 - Adds Ch. 7.07, potentially dangerous and dangerous animals within the city limits
    Ordinance | Document Date: 12/05
    Jurisdiction: Fircrest

  7. Ordinance No. 5996 - Amends AMC Ch. 6.35; requires registration of specifically named potentially dangerous dogs; requires photograph to be provided to city annually; prohibits dangerous or potentially dangerous dog from being walked outside enclosure by anyone under 16 years.
    Ordinance | Document Date: 2/06
    Jurisdiction: Auburn

  8. Ordinance No. 3714 - Amends PMC Title 8 "Animal Control" concerning dangerous and potentially dangerous animals
    Ordinance | Document Date: 1/05
    Jurisdiction: Pasco

  9. Dangerous dog certificate og registration
    Other Gov Doc
    Mill Creek

  10. Dangerous dog declaration
    Other Gov Doc
    Jurisdiction: Mill Creek

  11. Ordinance No. 02-042 - Amends Chs. 9.01 and 9.10 relating to dangerous dogs
    Ordinance | Document Date: 9/02
    Jurisdiction: Snohomish County

  12. Ordinance No. 5829 - Adds Ch. 6.35, dangerous dogs
    Ordinance | Document Date: 5/04
    Jurisdiction: Auburn

Expand Section Paper Documents (1 Results)

  1. Registration of dangerous dog
    Request this document | Document Date:
    Jurisdiction: Olympia

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Expand Section Featured Inquiries (1 Results)

  1. Request for sample ordinances that ban specific breeds of dogs

    Some cities have completely banned certain breeds of dogs. Cities that have banned pit bulls, include Yakima, Selah, Algona and Enumclaw. See, for example, Ch. 6.18, "Pit Bull Dogs," Yakima Municipal Code.

    Bainbridge Island prohibits wolves and wolf hybrids (See Sec. 6.04.115, Bainbridge Island Municipal Code).  Bellevue (see Ch. 8.08, Bellevue Municipal Code) prohibits wolves and coyote hybrids, with some exceptions. Some jurisdictions also regulate wolf hybrids under their dangerous dog regulations (including Blaine and SeaTac).

    In adopting local ordinances based upon state laws regulating dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs (see Ch. 16.08 RCW), some cities have modified the definition of "potentially dangerous dog" and/or "dangerous dog" to include references to specific breeds such as pit bull terriers. See, for example:

    • Ch. 8.05, Kirkland Municipal Code - Dangerous Dogs - (defines dangerous dogs to include "American Pit Bull Terrier" or "Staffordshire Bull Terrier" or "American Staffordshire Terrier" breed of dog)

    • Auburn Ordinance No. 5996 (includes pit bull terriers and other breeds as "potentially dangerous dogs.")

    Other cities that define dangerous dogs to include pit bulls include Eatonville and Pasco.

    For more information on this subject, including case law references, an overview of state laws regarding dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs, and sample ordinances, see our Web page on "Dangerous Dogs." See also MRSC's Web pages on Breed-Specific Regulations and Regulation of Wolves and Wolf Hybrids.

Expand Section Subject Pages (3 Results)

  1. Dangerous Dogs
    This page provides information about dagerous dogs. It includes Washington Court Cases, selected background readings and ordinance provisions and forms
  2. Introduction to Dangerous Dogs
    This page provides a summary of statutes, local regulation of potentially dangerous dogs and breed-specific regulations
  3. Animal Nuisances
    Table of contents for animal nuisance pages