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Pit Bull Ordinances in Iowa
City Website View Ordinance Type of Ordinance
Afton Section: 85.09 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Alburnett Section: 4-46-3 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Altoona Section: 57.06 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Anamosa Section: 55.01 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Anita Section: 4-1-9 Bans: pit bulls
Armstrong News article Bans: pit bulls
Asbury Section: 56.03 Bans: pit bulls
Aurelia News article Bans: pit bulls
Audobon County Article 3 Bans: pit bulls
Avoca Section: 4.02 Bans: pit bulls
Belle Plaine Section: 4-60-3 Bans: pit bulls
Cascade Section: 56.01 Bans: pit bulls
Carter Lake Section: 87 Bans: pit bulls
Centerville Section: 7.09.210 Bans: pit bulls, rottweilers and presa canarios
Chariton Section: 8.12 Bans: pit bulls
Cherokee Section: 55.17 Restricts: pit bulls, akitas, rottweilers and dobermans
Coggon Section: 4-1-7 Restricts: pit bulls
Conrad Section: 56.01 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Correctionville Section: 4-1-9 Bans: pit bulls
Council Bluffs Section: 4.20.122 Bans: pit bulls
Creston Section: 55.12 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Dallas Center Section: 55.01 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Dayton Section: 4-1-7 Bans: pit bulls
Delhi Section: 4-2-2 Bans: pit bulls
Denver Section: 8.04.120 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Des Moines Section: 18-41 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Dyersville Section: 55.12 Bans: pit bulls
Edgewood Section: 4-1-6 Bans: pit bulls
Elberon Section: 18-11 Bans: pit bulls
Ely Section: 4-1-17 Bans: pit bulls
Epworth Section: 6.04.090 Pit bulls declared "dangerous"
Estherville Section: 320-6 Bans: pit bulls
Evansdale Section: 55.14 Pit bulls declared "dangerous"
Fairfax Section: 55.25 Bans: pit bulls
Fertile Section: 4-1-6 Bans: pit bulls
Forest City Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Fruitland Section: 10 Bans: pit bulls
Glenwood Section: 54 Bans: pit bulls
Griswold Section: 4-1-8 Bans: pit bulls
Guttenberg Section: 57.02 Bans: pit bulls
Harlan Section: 16 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Hartley Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Hawarden Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Holy Cross Section: 4-1-6 Bans: pit bulls
Hopkinton Section: 4-1-7 Bans: pit bulls
Humboldt Section: 55.01 Pit bulls declared "potentially dangerous"
La Porte City Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Lake View Section: 55.17 Bans: pit bulls
Laurens Section: 55.09 Bans: pit bulls
Le Grand Section: 56.01 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Lewis Section: 4-1-7 Bans: pit bulls
Logan News article Bans: pit bulls
Manly News article Bans: pit bulls
Maquoketa Section: 4-1-7 Bans: pit bulls
Middletown Section: 4-1-8 Bans: pit bulls
Missouri Valley Section: 57.02 Bans: pit bulls
Monticello Section: 50.10 Bans: pit bulls
Muscatine Section: 4-2-2 Bans: pit bulls
Newell Section: 12.02 Bans: pit bulls
Osceola Section: 56.02 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Otho Section: 55.01 Pit bulls, American bulldogs, akitas and chows declared "potentially dangerous"
Ottumwa Section: 7-62 Bans: pit bulls
Palo Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Pleasant Hill Section: 57.01 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Postville Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Randolph Section: 55.09 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Robins Section: 55.03 Bans: pit bulls
Sac City Section: 55.11 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Sergeant Bluff Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Shelby Section: 4-1-7 Bans: pit bulls
Shell Rock Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Sioux City Chaper 7.10 Bans: pit bulls
Spirit Lake Section: 58.07 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
Terril Section: 57.02 Bans: pit bulls
Vinton Section: 86.02 Bans: pit bulls
Walcott Section: 57.02 Bans: pit bulls
Waukon Section: 56.06 Bans: pit bulls and rottweilers
Wayland Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls
Wellman Section: 55.14 Pit bulls declared "vicious"
West Union Section: 56.02 Bans: pit bulls

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