California — findings on potentially dangerous & vicious dogs (Food & Ag Code § 31601)
California's Food & Agricultural Code Chapter 9 (§§ 31601–31683) is the state statutory framework for potentially dangerous and vicious dogs. § 31601 states the Legislature's findings — that potentially dangerous and vicious dogs are a 'serious and widespread threat' and that their regulation is 'a statewide problem, requiring statewide regulation.' The framework is behavior-based: it defines 'potentially dangerous' and 'vicious' dogs by conduct, not breed.
Source: California Food & Agricultural Code § 31601 (Chapter 9, Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs), leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright). First-hand statute text; C1 substring-verified against pdf-raw/banned-dog-breeds/ca_fac_31601_dangerous_dog.txt.
Verbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file):
- "31601."
- "CHAPTER 9. Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Dogs [31601 - 31683]"
- "The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:"
- "Potentially dangerous and vicious dogs have become a serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of citizens of this state."
- "The necessity for the regulation and control of vicious and potentially dangerous dogs is a statewide problem, requiring statewide regulation, and existing laws are inadequate to deal with the threat to public health and safety posed by vicious and potentially dangerous dogs."