The following states’ laws address chaining:
California Connecticut Delaware Maine Nevada
Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia
Chaining is prohibited in the following communities:
Fairhope, Alabama Tucson, Arizona Fayetteville, Arkansas Jonesboro, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas Maumelle, Arkansas North Little Rock, Arkansas San Jose, California Collier County, Florida Hallandale, Florida Hillsborough County, Florida Lake County, Florida Miami, Florida Miami-Dade County, Florida Mount Dora, Florida Okaloosa County, Florida Palm Beach County, Florida Pinellas County, Florida Sarasota, Florida Seminole, Florida Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Bibb County, Georgia Blakely, Georgia Chatham County, Georgia DeKalb County, Georgia Gwinnett County, Georgia Houston County, Georgia Macon, Georgia Terrell County, Georgia Frankfort, Kentucky Denham Springs, Louisiana
Carthage, Missouri Columbia, Missouri Raytown, Missouri Bernalillo County, New Mexico Asheville, North Carolina Cary, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Clayton, North Carolina Cumberland County, North Carolina Davidson, North Carolina Durham County, North Carolina New Hanover, North Carolina Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Lawton, Oklahoma Austin, Texas Beaufort, South Carolina York County, South Carolina Arlington, Texas Big Spring, Texas Dallas, Texas Electra, Texas Georgetown, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Irving, Texas Live Oak, Texas Mineola, Texas Nassau Bay, Texas Texas City, Texas Hampton, Virginia Huntington, West Virginia Kanawha County, West Virginia
The following communities permit animals to be chained for a limited period of time:
Fort Smith, Arkansas Kern County, California Los Angeles, California San Bernardino, California Sonoma County, California Denver, Colorado Washington, D.C. Alachua County, Florida Coconut Creek, Florida Dania Beach, Florida Escambia County, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Hollywood, Florida Manatee County, Florida Oakland Park, Florida Orange County, Florida Pembroke Park, Florida Seminole County, Florida Palm Beach County, Florida Wilton Manors, Florida Bainbridge, Georgia Fulton County, Georgia Bloomington, Indiana Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana Floyd County, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Marion, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Arkansas City, Kansas Dodge City, Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Leavenworth, Kansas Overland Park, Kansas Topeka, Kansas Wellington, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Bowling Green, Kentucky Jefferson City, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Baker, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana Carroll County, Maryland Frederick County, Maryland Montgomery County, Maryland Amherst, Massachusetts East Longmeadow, Massachusetts Easthampton, Massachusetts Greenfield, Massachusetts Milton, Massachusetts Provincetown, Massachusetts Battle Creek, Michigan
Saint Paul, Minnesota Creve Coeur, Missouri O'Fallon, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri North Las Vegas, Nevada Camden, New Jersey Lower Township, New Jersey Ocean City, New Jersey Sea Isle City, New Jersey Upper Township, New Jersey Wildwood, New Jersey Wildwood Crest, New Jersey Albuquerque, New Mexico Taos, New Mexico Canandaigua, New York New York City, New York Burke County, North Carolina Laurinburg, North Carolina Orange County, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Scotland County, North Carolina Chagrin Falls, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Middletown, Ohio North Royalton, Ohio Olmsted Falls, Ohio Bartlesville, Oklahoma Multnomah County, Oregon Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania Chattanooga, Tennessee Montgomery County, Tennessee Oak Ridge, Tennessee Allen, Texas Austin, Texas Grand Prairie, Texas San Angelo, Texas Richland Hills, Texas Salt Lake County, Utah Alexandria, Virginia Danville, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Northampton County, Virginia Portsmouth, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Smithfield, Virginia Staunton, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia Charleston, West Virginia Moundsville, West Virginia Linn, Wisconsin Racine, Wisconsin