Tennessee

breed Specific Legislation for Tennessee

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City	Ordinance	Ban/Dangerous or Vicious
Adamsville	Section: 10-204	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Baileyton	Section: 10-204	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Brownsville	Unconfirmed	Restricts: pit bulls
Ducktown	Unconfirmed	Bans: pit bulls
Dyer	Section: 10-30	Bans: pit bulls
Estill Springs	Section: 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
Etowah	Unconfirmed	Bans: pit bulls
Fayetteville	Section: 10-303, 10-310	Pit bulls presumed "dangerous"
Grand Junction	Section: 10-201, 10-202	Bans: pit bulls
Greenbrier	Section: 10-401, 10-402	Restricts: pit bulls
Halls	Section: 10-204	Pit bulls, rottweilers and doberman pinschers declared "vicious"
Hardeman County	Unconfirmed	Bans: pit bulls
Harriman	Section: 10-101	Pit bulls declared "dangerous or vicious"
Henderson	Section: 10-208	Bans: pit bulls
Hornbeak	Unconfirmed	Pit bulls, doberman pinschers, rottweilers, German shepherds, akitas, chow chows and wolf-dog hybrids declared "vicious"
Jasper	Unconfirmed	Bans: pit bulls
Jefferson City	Section: 10-301	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Kenton	Unconfirmed	Pit bulls and rottweilers declared "vicious"
Lafayette	Section: 10-410, 10-402	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Lookout Mountain	Unconfirmed	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Madisonville	Section: 10-204	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Manchester	Section: 10-310	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Middleton	Section: 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
Morrison	Section: 10-202	Bans: pit bulls
Mt. Juliet	Dog park policy	Pit bulls are banned from dog parks
Paris	Section: 3-201b	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Puryear	Section: 10-301, 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
Red Boiling Springs	Section: 10-216	Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Rogersville	Unconfirmed	Bans: pit bulls
Ripley	Section: 10-108	Pit bulls, rottweilers and doberman pinschers declared "vicious"
Rutherford	Unconfirmed	Bans: pit bulls
Selmer	Section: 10-301, 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
Somerville	Section: 10-301, 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
South Fultan	Section: 10-301	Pit bulls, rottweilers, doberman pinscers, and German shepherds require special permit
South Pittsburg	Section: 10-301, 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
Sparta	Section: 10-310, 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
Springfield	Section: 10-401, 10-402	Restricts: pit bulls
Wartrace	Section: 10-301, 10-302	Bans: pit bulls
~~Watertown~~	~~Section: 10-301, 10-302~~	~~Bans: pit bulls~~ Repealed Source
White Pine	Section: 10-204	Pit bulls declared "vicious"

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