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DIVISION 14. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF DOGS 30501-31683›CHAPTER 9. Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs 31601-31683›ARTICLE 5. Miscellaneous 31681-31683

§ 31683

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a city or county from adopting or enforcing its own program for the control of potentially dangerous or vicious dogs that may incorporate all, part, or none of this chapter, or that may punish a violation of this chapter as a misdemeanor or may impose a more restrictive program to control potentially dangerous or vicious dogs. Except as provided in Section 122331 of the Health and Safety Code, no program regulating any dog shall be specific as to breed.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 668, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)

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