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AL Code § 3-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-2 - Permitting Livestock or Animals to Run at Large Upon Premises of Another Without Permission or Upon Public Lands, Highways, etc., Generally.

Section 3-5-2Permitting livestock or animals to run at large upon premises of another without permission or upon public lands, highways, etc., generally. (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any livestock or animal, as defined in Section 3-5-1, to knowingly, voluntarily, negligently or wilfully permit any such livestock or animal to go at large in the State of Alabama either upon the premises of another or upon the public lands, highways, roads or streets in the State of Alabama. (b) Nothing in this section or elsewhere in this chapter shall be construed to make it unlawful for livestock or other animals to run at large on the premises of another when the owner or person in charge of the premises has consented in writing to let livestock or other animals run at large on the same or to subject the owner of such livestock or other animals to criminal prosecution therefor. (c) There shall be no "open range" counties in this state. This section shall apply to all counties within the state. (d) Any person or persons owning or having the possession, custody or control of any livestock who unlawfully and knowingly permit the same to run or be at large, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than double the damages sustained by the injured party or parties, but in no case more than $50.00, one half of such fine to go to the injured party or parties, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months at the discretion of the court trying the case. (Acts 1909, No. 50, p. 41; Code 1923, §3224; Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §§78, 93(1), 95; Acts 1951, No. 53, p. 266, §1.)
AL Code § 3-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-3 - Liability of Owner for Damages Done by Livestock or Animals Running at Large; Judgment Lien Upon Animal or Livestock Causing Damage.

Section 3-5-3Liability of owner for damages done by livestock or animals running at large; judgment lien upon animal or livestock causing damage. (a) The owner of such livestock or animal being or running at large upon the premises of another or upon the public lands, roads, highways or streets in the State of Alabama shall be liable for all damages done to crops, shade or fruit trees or ornamental shrubs and flowers of any person, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that the owner of any stock or animal shall not be liable for any damages to any motor vehicle or any occupant thereof suffered, caused by or resulting from a collision with such stock or other animal, unless it be proven that such owner knowingly or wilfully put or placed such stock upon such public highway, road or street where such damages were occasioned. (b) The judgment of the court against the owner of such livestock or animal so depredating shall be a lien superior to all other liens on the livestock or animal causing the damage, except as to taxes. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §79.)
AL Code § 3-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-4 - Taking Up of Livestock or Animals Running at Large by Highway Patrol, etc.; Notification of Owner Thereof Generally.

Section 3-5-4Taking up of livestock or animals running at large by highway patrol, etc.; notification of owner thereof generally. Any state trooper, the sheriff and his deputies of any county, or the constable of any precinct or any law enforcement officer of any municipality shall take possession of any livestock or animal found at large upon the premises of another or upon the public lands, roads, highways or streets in the State of Alabama, and the owner of such livestock or animal, when so taken up, shall be notified personally or the owner may be notified by leaving a written notice at the usual place of residence of such owner, within 24 hours after the taking up of such livestock or animal. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487.)
AL Code § 3-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-5 - Recovery of Livestock or Animals by Owner Upon Payment of Fees, Damages and Costs of Feeding Animals; Disposition of Fees, Damages, Etc.

Section 3-5-5Recovery of livestock or animals by owner upon payment of fees, damages and costs of feeding animals; disposition of fees, damages, etc. The owner of the livestock or animal shall have the right to secure such livestock or animal upon the payment of a fee of $1.00 for each head of livestock or animal taken up to the officer taking up such livestock or animal upon the public lands, highways, streets or roads in the State of Alabama, together with such damages, if any, as may have been suffered by any person and the actual cost of feeding such animal during the period held by such officer if there have been no proceedings in court. Upon such payment being made, the fee of $1.00 for taking up the animal shall be paid to the officer making the seizure and the amount collected as damages and the actual cost of feeding the animal shall be paid over to the person damaged and to the person at whose expense such animal was fed during the period of retention; provided, that for any seizure, if more than one animal be taken up, an additional fee of $.50 shall be paid for each such additional head of livestock or animal so taken up, but no fee shall be paid over and above $5.00, notwithstanding the number of animals so taken up. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §81.)
AL Code § 3-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-6 - Taking Up of Livestock or Animals Running Uncontrolled on Lands of Another by Owner, etc., of Said Lands; Notification of Owner of Livestock or Animals Generally.

Section 3-5-6Taking up of livestock or animals running uncontrolled on lands of another by owner, etc., of said lands; notification of owner of livestock or animals generally. Any person who is the owner of or in the lawful possession of any land or the agent of any such person shall have the right to take possession of any livestock or animal found at large, uncontrolled, on his premises or on premises of which he has charge and the owner of such livestock or animal, when so taken up, shall be personally notified or, if the owner cannot be found, the owner may be notified by leaving a written notice at the usual place of residence of such owner, within 24 hours after the taking up of such livestock or animal, and by posting notice as provided in Section 3-5-8. Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the word "uncontrolled," as used in this chapter shall in no case be construed to prohibit the driving of any animal or stock over, upon or along the public streets and highways of this state by the owner thereof or his duly authorized agent. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §82.)
AL Code § 3-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-7 - Filing of Statement Where Owner of Livestock or Animal Taken Up Unknown, Not Resident of County, Etc.

Section 3-5-7Filing of statement where owner of livestock or animal taken up unknown, not resident of county, etc. (a) If the owner of any livestock or animal found at large and uncontrolled on the premises of another or upon the public lands, highways, roads or streets in the State of Alabama is unknown or if the owner is known but has no place of residence within the county where the livestock or animal is taken up or cannot be located, the officer or person taking up the livestock or animal shall, within two days after so taking up, file a statement in writing with the district court. (b) Such statement shall set forth: (1) The name and address of the person taking up the livestock or animal, or, if an officer, the name, address and official designation of the officer taking up the livestock or animal; (2) A description of the livestock or animal as to kind, sex, marks, brand, color and apparent age; (3) Where the livestock or animal was taken up and where it is impounded; (4) The amount of damage claimed; (5) The amount of charges claimed for taking up and caring for the livestock or animals; and, (6) The amount of the officer's fee and the cost of feeding and caring for such livestock or animal during such detention if the livestock or animal is taken up by an officer. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §83.)
AL Code § 3-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-9 - Proceedings and Entry of Judgment Discharging Livestock or Animal, etc., Where Same Adjudged Not Unlawfully at Large.

Section 3-5-9Proceedings and entry of judgment discharging livestock or animal, etc., where same adjudged not unlawfully at large. If on the trial of any action or proceeding brought under this chapter it is ascertained and adjudged by the judge of the district court that the livestock or animal taken up by the party complaining was not unlawfully at large upon the premises of another or upon the public lands, highways, roads or streets in the State of Alabama, he shall enter a judgment directing that such livestock or animal be discharged and taxing the party complaining with all the costs. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §85.)
AL Code § 3-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-10 - Officer or Person Taking Up Livestock or Animal Entitled to Possession Thereof Until Judgment and Costs of Keeping and Caring for Livestock or Animal Paid.

Section 3-5-10Officer or person taking up livestock or animal entitled to possession thereof until judgment and costs of keeping and caring for livestock or animal paid. The person or officer taking up such livestock or animal shall be entitled to possession thereof until the judgment which may be recovered as provided in this chapter is paid, together with the costs of the same and the cost of keeping and caring for such livestock or animal after such judgment or until the same is sold under execution to satisfy said judgment; provided, that the cost of keeping and caring for such livestock or animal under such circumstances shall be upon the same basis as that previously determined as a proper charge for the maintenance of such livestock or animal prior to the entering of such judgment. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §86.)
AL Code § 3-5-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-11 - Refunding of Counties or Municipalities Where Livestock or Animals Kept and Fed in County or Municipal Pounds.

Section 3-5-11Refunding of counties or municipalities where livestock or animals kept and fed in county or municipal pounds. In counties or municipalities where livestock or animal pounds are maintained, any person or officer seizing any livestock or animal may deliver such livestock or animal so seized to the poundkeeper for safekeeping and the county or municipality shall be refunded any amounts which may be expended for keeping and feeding any livestock or animal as provided in this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §87.)
AL Code § 3-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-13 - Procedure for Sale of Livestock or Animal When Not Reclaimed by Owner, etc.; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale.

Section 3-5-13Procedure for sale of livestock or animal when not reclaimed by owner, etc.; disposition of proceeds of sale. If the owner or his agent shall not, when he has made no bond, reclaim his livestock or animal within 24 hours after the judge of the district court shall have ascertained such damages, then the judge of the district court shall order the same sold by a constable of the precinct or by someone appointed to act as such or by the sheriff or his deputy or by the law enforcement officer of a municipality. Such officer, upon the making of such order, shall sell the same upon giving five days' notice of such sale by publication one time in a newspaper published in the county, said notice to contain a brief description of the livestock or animal to be sold and the time and place of sale. But out of the proceeds such officer shall pay the costs and expenses and damages due the plaintiff and the expenses of taking up, keeping and caring for such livestock or animal, and the balance must be paid to the owner of such livestock or animal, if known, and if not known, then into the county treasury or the treasury of the municipality. The officer making the sale shall be entitled to $1.00 for making such sale and posting the notices. (Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §89.)
AL Code § 3-5-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 5 - Stock Laws.|Section 3-5-14 - Authority of Municipalities to Adopt Ordinances; Municipal Ordinances Not Repealed.

Section 3-5-14Authority of municipalities to adopt ordinances; municipal ordinances not repealed. (a) The governing bodies of all cities or towns may adopt all such ordinances and laws as shall be necessary to prevent the running at large within the limits of the municipality of all livestock or animals and to take up and impound all such livestock or animals found so running at large and to fix, prescribe and provide for the collection of penalties and impounding fees for all such livestock or animals so taken up and impounded. (b) This chapter shall not be construed to repeal any municipal stock law. (Code 1907, §5898; Code 1923, §10224; Acts 1939, No. 368, p. 487; Code 1940, T. 3, §§94, 101.)
AL Code § 3-6-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6 - Liability of Owners of Dogs Biting or Injuring Persons.|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 3-6-1Liability 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 such dog shall be liable in damages to the person so bitten or injured, but such liability shall arise only when the person so bitten or injured is upon property owned or controlled by the owner of such dog at the time such bite or injury occurs or when such person has been immediately prior to such time on such property and has been pursued therefrom by such dog. (Acts 1953, No. 320, p. 379, §1.)
AL Code § 3-6-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6 - Liability of Owners of Dogs Biting or Injuring Persons.|Section 3-6-2 - When Person Deemed Lawfully on Property of Owner of Dog.

Section 3-6-2When 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 this state or by the laws of the United States or the postal laws and regulations of the United States, when reading meters, when delivering milk, when making repairs to any public utility or service upon said premises or when on such property upon the invitation, either expressed or implied, of the owner or lessee of such property. (Acts 1953, No. 320, p. 379, §3.)
AL Code § 3-6-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6 - Liability of Owners of Dogs Biting or Injuring Persons.|Section 3-6-3 - Mitigation of Damages.

Section 3-6-3Mitigation 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 the extent of the actual expenses incurred by the person so bitten or injured as a result of the bite or injury. (Acts 1953, No. 320, p. 379, §2.)
AL Code § 3-6-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6 - Liability of Owners of Dogs Biting or Injuring Persons.|Section 3-6-4 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 3-6-4Construction 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.)
AL Code § 3-6A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6A - Control of Dangerous Dogs|Section 3-6A-1 - Short Title.

Section 3-6A-1Short title. This chapter is known and may be cited as Emily's Law. (Act 2018-182, §1.)
AL Code § 3-6A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6A - Control of Dangerous Dogs|Section 3-6A-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 3-6A-2Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that certain dogs are an increasingly serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of citizens of this state by virtue of their unjustified attacks on and associated injury to individuals; that these attacks are in part attributable to the failure of owners to confine and properly train and control these dogs; that existing laws inadequately address this problem; and that it is therefore appropriate and necessary to impose a uniform set of state requirements on the owners of dangerous dogs. (Act 2018-182, §2.)
AL Code § 3-6A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6A - Control of Dangerous Dogs|Section 3-6A-3 - Definitions.

Section 3-6A-3Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person employed by a county or municipality who performs animal control functions or any person who performs animal control functions who is employed by an entity under agreement or contract with a county or municipality to perform animal control functions or to enforce this chapter. (2) ATTACK. Aggressive physical contact by a dog. (3) BITTEN. Seized with the teeth so that the skin of the person seized has been gripped, or has been wounded or pierced, resulting in physical injury. (4) DANGEROUS DOG. A dog, regardless of its breed, that has bitten, attacked, or caused physical injury, serious physical injury, or death to a person without justification, except a dog that is a police animal as defined by Section 13A-11-260, used by law enforcement officials for legitimate law enforcement purposes. (5) DOG. All members of the canine family including dog hybrids. (6) IMPOUNDED. Taken into the custody of law enforcement, the county pound, or an animal control authority or provider of animal control services to the municipality or county where the dangerous dog is found. (7) OWNER. A person, firm, corporation, or organization having a right of property in a dog, or who keeps or harbors a dog, or who has a dog in his or her care or acts as the custodian of a dog, or who permits a dog to remain on or about any premises occupied by him or her. (8) PHYSICAL INJURY. An injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2(12). (9) PROPER ENCLOSURE OF A DANGEROUS DOG. An enclosure for the confinement of a dog that has been declared dangerous that is suitable to prevent the entry of the general public and that does all of the following: a. Is capable of being locked with a key or combination lock when the dog is within the structure. b. Has secure sides and a secure top attached at all sides. All four sides of the fence or pen must be sunk at least two feet into the ground or the fence or pen must be built over a concrete pad to prevent the dog from digging out. c. Provides adequate ventilation and protection from the elements. d. Exhibits a sign conspicuously posted upon the pen or the structure containing the following: "Dangerous Dog - No Trespassing." e. The enclosure shall be constructed to allow the dog to stand normally and without restriction and shall be not less than four times the length of the dog and two times the width of the dog. f. The enclosure shall be locked at all times while the dog is inside the enclosure. (10) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. An injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2. (Act 2018-182, §3.)
AL Code § 3-6A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6A - Control of Dangerous Dogs|Section 3-6A-5 - Violations.

Section 3-6A-5Violations. (a) If a dog that has previously been declared by a court to be dangerous, when unjustified, attacks and causes serious physical injury or death to a person, the owner of the dog shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (b) If a dog that has not been declared by a court to be dangerous, when unjustified, attacks and causes serious physical injury or death to a person, and the owner of the dog had prior knowledge of the dangerous propensities of the dog, yet demonstrated a reckless disregard of the propensities under the circumstances, the owner of the dog shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (c) If a dog that has previously been declared by a court to be dangerous, when unjustified, attacks and causes physical injury to a person, the owner of the dog shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (d) If a dog that has not been declared by a court to be dangerous, when unjustified, attacks and causes physical injury to a person, and the owner of the dog had prior knowledge of the dangerous propensities of the dog, yet demonstrated a reckless disregard of the propensities under the circumstances, the owner of the dog shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (e) In addition to any fines imposed by the court, a person guilty of violating subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall pay all expenses, including, but not limited to, shelter, food, veterinary expenses for boarding, and veterinary expenses necessitated by impoundment of the dog, medical expenses incurred by a victim from an attack by a dangerous dog, and other expenses required for the destruction of the dog. (f)(1) When a dog declared to be dangerous is outside and not contained in the proper enclosure of a dangerous dog pursuant to Section 3-6A-3, the owner of the dangerous dog shall be present and shall restrain the dangerous dog with a secure collar and leash. (2) An owner of a dog declared to be dangerous who violates subdivision (1) shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent adjudication or conviction is a Class B misdemeanor. (g) An owner of a dog that is the subject of a dangerous dog investigation who refuses to surrender the dog to an animal control officer or law enforcement officer, upon the request of the animal control officer or law enforcement officer, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (h) Any person who knowingly makes a false report to an animal control officer or law enforcement officer that a dog is dangerous is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2018-182, §1.)
AL Code § 3-6A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 3 - Animals.|Chapter 6A - Control of Dangerous Dogs|Section 3-6A-6 - Construction With Other Laws; Penalties.

Section 3-6A-6Construction with other laws; penalties. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal other criminal laws. Whenever conduct prescribed by this chapter is also prescribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty shall be applied. (Act 2018-182, §1.)