Section 3-6-1 – Liability of Owner of Dog for Injuries to Person Bitten or Injured While Upon Property Owned or Controlled by Owner, Etc.
Section 3-6-1 Liability of owner of dog for injuries to person bitten or injured while upon property owned or controlled by owner, etc. If any dog shall, without provocation, bite or injure any person who is at the time at a place where he or she has a legal right to be, the owner of […]
Section 3-7A-5 – Replacement of Tag and Certificate.
Section 3-7A-5 Replacement of tag and certificate. In the event a tag or certificate is lost after it has been legally issued, every replacement thereof shall be upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the rabies officer or veterinarian by whom the animal has been immunized. In that instance, a new certificate marked […]
Section 3-6-2 – When Person Deemed Lawfully on Property of Owner of Dog.
Section 3-6-2 When person deemed lawfully on property of owner of dog. For the purpose of this chapter a person shall be considered to be lawfully upon the private property of the owner of such dog when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of […]
Section 3-7A-6 – Penalty for Dog or Cat Without Tag or Certificate.
Section 3-7A-6 Penalty for dog or cat without tag or certificate. The owner of any dog or cat found not wearing the evidence of current immunization as provided herein or for which no certificate of current immunization can be produced, and which is apprehended by an officer or other person charged with the enforcement of […]
Section 3-6-3 – Mitigation of Damages.
Section 3-6-3 Mitigation of damages. The owner of such dog shall, however, be entitled to plead and prove in mitigation of damages that he had no knowledge of any circumstances indicating such dog to be or to have been vicious or dangerous or mischievous, and, if he does so, he shall be liable only to […]
Section 3-7A-7 – Maintenance of Pound; Notice of Impoundment.
Section 3-7A-7 Maintenance of pound; notice of impoundment. Each county in the state shall provide a suitable county pound and impounding officer for the impoundment of dogs, cats, and ferrets found running at large in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Every municipality with a population over 5,000 in which the county pound is […]
Section 3-6-4 – Construction of Chapter.
Section 3-6-4 Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as diminishing any right or liability for injury by dog bites now existing under the laws of this state. (Acts 1953, No. 320, p. 379, §4.)
Section 3-7A-8 – Destruction of Impounded Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets; When Authorized; Redemption by Owner; Adoption of Animals.
Section 3-7A-8 Destruction of impounded dogs, cats, and ferrets; when authorized; redemption by owner; adoption of animals. All dogs, cats, and ferrets which have been impounded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, after notice is given to the owner as provided in Section 3-7A-7, may be humanely destroyed and disposed of when not […]
Section 3-1-18 – Removal From Herd and Slaughter or Isolation of Tuberculous Cows Generally; Procedure for Isolation, Retesting, Slaughter, etc., of Same; Compensation of Owners for Slaughtered Cows, etc., Determined Not to Have Been Affected by Tuberculosis.
Section 3-1-18 Removal from herd and slaughter or isolation of tuberculous cows generally; procedure for isolation, retesting, slaughter, etc., of same; compensation of owners for slaughtered cows, etc., determined not to have been affected by tuberculosis. The owner or proprietor or manager of any such dairy, upon being notified by such inspector or his assistant, […]
Section 3-2-20 – Duty of Director of Public Safety.
Section 3-2-20 Duty of Director of Public Safety. The Director of Public Safety shall provide for taking up and impounding livestock or animals running at large upon state and federal aid highways which have been officially designated as such and regularly and customarily patrolled by the state highway patrol or upon the rights-of-way of such […]