351.28 Liability for damages.
The owner of a dog shall be liable to an injured party for all damages done by the dog, when the dog is caught in the action of worrying, maiming, or killing a domestic animal, or the dog is attacking or attempting to bite a person, except when the party damaged is doing an unlawful act, directly contributing to the injury. This section does not apply to damage done by a dog affected with hydrophobia unless the owner of the dog had reasonable grounds to know that the dog was afflicted with hydrophobia and by reasonable effort might have prevented the injury.
[C73, §1485; C97, §2340; S13, §2340; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5450; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §351.28]
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Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 351 - DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS
Section 351.25 - Dog as property.
Section 351.26 - Right and duty to kill untagged dog.
Section 351.27 - Right to kill tagged dog.
Section 351.28 - Liability for damages.
Section 351.29 - Construction clause.
Section 351.33 - Rabies vaccination.
Section 351.34 - Condition for license.
Section 351.35 - How and when.
Section 351.37 - Dogs running at large — impoundment — disposition.
Section 351.38 - Owner’s duty.
Section 351.41 - Not a limitation on power of municipalities and counties.
Section 351.45 - Tampering with a rabies vaccination tag — penalties.
Section 351.46 - Tampering with an electronic handling device — penalties.