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Timestamp: 2018-01-16 11:12:40
Document Index: 427919281

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 41', '§ 42', '§ 42', '§ 42', '§ 42', '§ 43', '§ 44', '§ 45', '§ 46', '§ 44', '§ 47', '§ 45', '§ 44', '§ 41', '§ 41']

Oklahoma Dog Bite Laws : Oklahoma Dog Bite Lawyers
The following statutes comprise Oklahoma's Dangerous Dog Laws. Oklahoma imposes strict liability for dog bites that states:
"The owner or owners of any dog shall be liable for damages to the full amount of any damages sustained when his dog, without provocation, bites or injures any person while such person is in or on a place where he has a lawful right to be."
§ 41. Animals chasing or injuring livestock
§ 42.1. Personal injury by dog
§ 42.2. Lawful presence on owner's property
For the purpose of this act [FN1] a person shall be considered to be lawfully upon the private property of the owner of a dog when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of this state, or by the laws of the United States, or the postal regulations of the United States, or when reading meters, or making repairs to any public utility or service located on said premises, or when working on said property at the request of the owner or any tenant having a lease upon any portion of said property, or when on such property upon the invitation, either expressed or implied, of the owner or lessee of such property. The term "public place" shall, for the purpose of this act, mean and include any and all public buildings, parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities, and any and all places of business, amusement or entertainment which are privately owned, wherein merchandise, property, services, entertainment or facilities are offered for sale, hire, lease, or use.
[FN1] Title 4, § 42.1 et seq.
§ 42.3. Exceptions to application of act--Existing rights and liabilities
Provided that this act [FN1] shall not apply to rural areas of this state or to any cities or towns that do not have city or village United States mail delivery service. Provided, nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing any right or liability for injury by dog bites now existing under the laws of this state.
§ 43. Counties over 200,000 population
Regulation and control of dogs running at large
The board of county commissioners of any county with a population of two hundred thousand (200,000) or more according to the last Federal Decennial Census may regulate or prohibit the running at large of dogs within said county, and cause such dogs as may be running at large to be impounded and disposed of as otherwise provided for by law or sold to discharge the costs and penalties provided for the violation of such prohibition and the expense of impounding and keeping the same for such sale; and may also provide for the erection of all needful pens, pounds and buildings for the use of said county at any place within said county. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of any county undertaking the regulation and taxation of dogs in said county under this act [FN1] to establish and enforce rules governing the same, and they shall enter into a definite cooperative agreement with the sheriff of said county prescribing said rules and regulations and the manner and terms of enforcement thereof, and for the financing and compensation therefor. The board of county commissioners may also regulate and provide for taxing the owners and harborers of dogs, and authorize the humane killing or disposal of dogs, found at large, contrary to any ordinance regulating the same. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any rule or regulation made by such board of county commissioners under the authority of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by the laws of this state in any court of competent jurisdiction, provided that in the case of continuing offenses, each day on which the offense occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
§ 44. Definitions
b. when unprovoked kills or severely injures a domestic animal either on public or private property;
c. has been previously found to be potentially dangerous, the owner having received notice of such by the animal control authority in writing and the dog thereafter kills or severely injures a domestic animal;
§ 45. Certificate of registration for certain dogs required
B. The animal control authority of the city or county in which an owner has a dangerous dog shall issue a certificate of registration to the owner of such animal if the owner presents to the animal control unit sufficient evidence of: 1. A proper enclosure to confine a dangerous dog and the posting of the premises with a clearly visible warning sign that there is a dangerous dog on the property. In addition, the owner shall conspicuously display a sign with a warning symbol that informs children of the presence of a dangerous dog; and
§ 46. Muzzle and restraint of certain dogs required--Local regulation of dangerous dogs--Dogs not to be declared dangerous
B. Potentially dangerous or dangerous dogs may be regulated through local, municipal and county authorities, provided the regulations are not breed specific. Nothing in this act [FN1] shall prohibit such local governments from enforcing penalties for violation of such local laws.
[FN1] Title 4, § 44 et seq.
§ 47. Confiscation of dangerous dog
1. The dog is not validly registered under Section 2 of this act; [FN1]
It is the purpose of this act [FN2] to provide additional and cumulative remedies to control dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs in this state. Nothing in this act shall be construed to abridge or alter rights of action or remedies of victims under the common law or statutory law, criminal or civil.
[FN1] Title 4, § 45.
[FN2] Title 4, § 44 et seq.
Citation: OK ST T. 4 § §§ 41 - 47
Citation: 4 Okl. St. Ann. § §§ 41 - 47