Dog Breed Rules

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Dog breed rules in New Jersey (state law)

State dangerous dog law supersedes local rules on any specific breed of dogBreed rules

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The details

What the rule requires
The state act supersedes any municipal, county or local board of health law on vicious or potentially dangerous dogs or any specific breed of dog inconsistent with it.1
Law
New Jersey Statutes Annotated 4:19-36.1

The sources we read do not say: breeds named, penalty, service dog exception.

The official state statute site could not be read by our tools, so the statute text comes from a published copy.

Sources

  1. New Jersey Statutes 4:19-36 (2025), Justia (copy of the New Jersey statute) (secondary), checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.