Computed from 8,789 published municipal codes

Dog laws and ordinances, town by town

Every town writes its own rules about dogs — leash laws, licensing, barking, breed rules. The fastest way to know what YOUR town allows is to ask its code directly. Below: the towns that regulate dogs most, straight from the law itself.

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Most municipal code about dogs

	Municipality	mentions
1	Centralia, MO — ask its code →	572
2	San Jose, CA — ask its code →	562
3	Van Buren, AR — ask its code →	494
4	Watervliet, NY — ask its code →	484
5	Richmond, VA — ask its code →	477
6	Monroe, OH — ask its code →	457
7	Chattanooga, TN — ask its code →	445
8	Fulshear, TX — ask its code →	443
9	Champlain, NY — ask its code →	425
10	Mesquite, TX — ask its code →	423

Centralia, MO leads the country with 572 mentions — see the full ranking.

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