Opinion No. (2007)

Dear Representative Covey:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

Title 4 O.S. Supp.2006, § 46 of the Oklahoma Statutes permits municipalities to regulate potentially dangerous or dangerous dogs as long as the regulations are not breed-specific. Does 4 O.S. Supp.2006, § 46 prohibit a municipality from regulating dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs as determined by the Centers for Disease Control as having the most human dog-bite-related fatalities or considered most likely to kill or seriously maim?

Y…