Florida Statutes Title XLV Chapter 767 - Damage By Dogs

• 767.01 - Dog Owner’s Liability For Damages To Persons, Domestic Animals, Or Livestock.
  Owners of dogs shall be liable for any damage done by their dogs to a person or to any animal included in the definitions of...
• 767.02 - Sheep-killing Dogs Not To Roam About.
  It is unlawful for any dog known to have killed sheep to roam about over the country unattended by a keeper. Any such dog found...
• 767.03 - Good Defense For Killing Dog.
  In any action for damages or of a criminal prosecution against any person for killing or injuring a dog, satisfactory proof that said dog had...
• 767.04 - Dog Owner’s Liability For Damages To Persons Bitten.
  The owner of any dog that bites any person while such person is on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a...
• 767.05 - Owner’s Liability For Damages By Dog To Dairy Cattle.
  An owner or keeper of any dog that kills, wounds, or harasses any dairy cattle shall be jointly and severally liable to the owner of...
• 767.07 - Interpretation.
  Section 767.05 is supplemental to all other laws relating to dogs not expressly referred to therein and shall not be construed to modify, repeal, or...
• 767.10 - Legislative Findings.
  The Legislature finds that dangerous dogs are an increasingly serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of the people of this state because...
• 767.11 - Definitions.
  As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) “Dangerous dog” means any dog that according to the records of the appropriate authority:(a) Has aggressively...
• 767.12 - Classification Of Dogs As Dangerous; Certification Of Registration; Notice And Hearing Requirements; Confinement Of Animal; Exemption; Appeals; Unlawful Acts.
  (1)(a) An animal control authority shall investigate reported incidents involving any dog that may be dangerous and shall, if possible, interview the owner and require a...
• 767.13 - Attack Or Bite By Dangerous Dog; Penalties; Confiscation; Destruction.
  (1) If a dog that has previously been declared dangerous attacks or bites a person or a domestic animal without provocation, the owner is guilty of...
• 767.14 - Additional Local Restrictions Authorized.
  Nothing in this act shall limit any local government from placing further restrictions or additional requirements on owners of dangerous dogs or developing procedures and...
• 767.15 - Other Provisions Of Chapter 767 Not Superseded.
  Nothing in this act shall supersede chapter 767, Florida Statutes 1989.History.—s. 6, ch. 90-180.
• 767.16 - Bite By A Police Or Service Dog; Exemption From Quarantine.
  Any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement agency, or any dog that is used as a...

Last modified: September 23, 2016