Dangerous animals.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 8-62
in effectSec. 8-62. - Dangerous animals.
(a) Dangerous animal means any animal, except an animal assisting a law enforcement officer engaged in law enforcement duties, that has:
(1) Caused serious bodily injury to any other person or domestic animal, or behaves in a manner that would have resulted in such serious bodily injury except for the fact that there was physical intervention by a person;
(2) Been previously adjudicated a dangerous animal under section 8-62 or under a similar definition in another jurisdiction;
(3) Been previously adjudicated a potentially dangerous animal under section 8-63 and the owner has failed to abide by a previously issued court order issued pursuant to this division; or
(4) Been previously adjudicated a potentially dangerous animal under section 8-63 or similar definition by another other jurisdiction, and subsequently engaged in behavior described in section 8-63(a).
(b) It is unlawful to own any dangerous animal within the city.
(c) The affirmative defenses in section 8-61(d) shall also apply in this section.
(Ord. No. 672-18, § 1, 7-16-18; Ord. No. 539-23, § 9, 6-5-23)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH8AN_ARTIIDOCA_DIV4ANATBIDAPODAAN_S8-62DAANFetched: 10/27/2026