Section 1 – Liability and damages for dog injury — Exceptions.
Effective 5/5/2021 18-1-1. Liability and damages for dog injury — Exceptions. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), a person who owns or keeps a dog is liable for an injury caused by the dog, regardless of whether: (i) the dog is vicious or mischievous; or (ii) the owner knows the dog […]
Section 2 – Dogs acting together — Actions — Parties — Judgment.
18-1-2. Dogs acting together — Actions — Parties — Judgment. Where any injury has been committed by two or more dogs acting together and such dogs are owned or kept by different persons, all such persons may be joined as defendants in the same action to recover damages therefor, and the amount found by the […]
Section 3 – Dogs attacking domestic animals, service animals, hoofed protected wildlife, or domestic fowls.
18-1-3. Dogs attacking domestic animals, service animals, hoofed protected wildlife, or domestic fowls. Any person may injure or kill a dog while: (1) the dog is attacking, chasing, or worrying: (a) a domestic animal having a commercial value; (b) a service animal, as defined in Section 62A-5b-102; or (c) any species of hoofed protected wildlife; […]
Section 4 – Use of arbitration in personal injury from dog attack cases.
Effective 5/13/2014 18-1-4. Use of arbitration in personal injury from dog attack cases. (1) A person injured as a result of a dog attack may elect to submit all third party bodily injury claims to arbitration by filing a notice of the submission of the claim to binding arbitration in a district court if: (a) […]
Section 101 – Regulation of dogs by a municipality.
Effective 1/1/2015 18-2-101. Regulation of dogs by a municipality. (1) A municipality may not adopt or enforce a breed-specific rule, regulation, policy, or ordinance regarding dogs. (2) Any breed-specific rule, regulation, policy, or ordinance regarding dogs is void. Enacted by Chapter 424, 2014 General Session Technically renumbered for proper placement in title.