Dangerous-Dog Hearings and Procedures: A Guide for Local Governments

By Christopher Tyner

This is a guide for local government officials and state employees on how to develop and administer a process for determining when a dog fits North Carolina's legal definition of a potentially dangerous dog. State law requires local governments to adopt certain measures for making dangerous-dog determinations and requires a process for hearing owners' appeals. The law provides few guidelines for implementing those requirements, giving local governments a lot of flexibility but little direction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642381217
• ISBN13: 9781642381214
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Unc School of Government
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.6"