Zoning Rules for Potbellied Pigs differ from each state, each city, each town, and each municipality. Many of the zoning rules that cities apply to potbellied pigs are very old, sometimes twenty and thirty years old. The place to contact if you need to know if pet potbellied pigs are legal in the city or town where you are, or where you want to move, is the zoning department in that municipality for the information. Ask what the laws are regarding the keeping of pet potbellied pigs. If they say there isn’t any law the potbellies are usually lumped in with the livestock laws and these laws are always for feeder and breeder pigs and some were made before 1985 when the pots came into this country. If someone tells you that The Potbellied Pig is legal make sure you definatly get it in writing.

Rebecca DiNolfi is the zoning advisor for (NAPPA) North American Potbellied Pig Association. If you have zoning issuses or need help with the zoning in your area contact Rebecca at PetPigZone.com.

Double check with your local City/Town for their ordinance law.  Here is a State by State list of cities that have passed zoning ordinances allowing potbellied pigs.