DENVER ( KDVR ) — Leash laws in Denver are fairly straightforward. It is illegal for dogs to be off-leash unless it’s in a designated off-leash enclosure.
Dogs can’t be running “at large.” If they are found running at large, the owner will either be fined, or the dog will be impounded.
Places to take your dog off-leash in Denver
While your pups may look cute prancing around the park, keeping your dog off-leash is not only illegal but there’s a pricey fine as well.
Denver leash law
The Sec. 8-16. – leash law reads:
(a) It shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper of any dog to fail to prevent the same to run at large.
(b) It shall be the duty of the chief of police, and all other police officers and all animal protection officers, to see that a dog found running at large is taken up and impounded in the Denver Animal Shelter, and such dog may be so taken up without the necessity of filing a complaint and shall be impounded and disposed of in accordance with provisions of article VII of this chapter.
(c) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the dog is within a designated off-leash enclosure and is being supervised by an owner or keeper who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(d) The executive director may, with the concurrence and consent of the chief agency executive with control responsibility for the property involved, designate specific areas for dog off-leash enclosures. The executive director shall, pursuant to article VI of chapter 2 of this Code, propose to the board rules and regulations for the construction and use of dog off-leash enclosures.