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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 18 - Dogs » Chapter 1 - Injuries by Dogs

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 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) […]