Full Statute Name:  West's Code of Georgia Annotated. Title 51. Torts. Chapter 2. Imputable Negligence.

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Primary Citation:  Ga. Code Ann., § 51-2-6 to 7 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  October, 2024 Alternate Citation:  GA ST § 51-2-6 to 7 Historical: 
Summary: This Georgia statute represents the state's relevant dog bite strict liability law. While the law imposes strict liability for injury to a person, the dog (or other animal) must first be considered "vicious" or "dangerous," which can be as simple as showing the animal was required to be leashed per city ordinance. Second, the animal must be at large by the careless management of the owner. Finally, the person injured must not have provoked the animal into attacking him or her.

 

§ 51-2-6 . Dogs, liability of owner or keeper for injuries to livestock

§ 51-2-7 . Vicious animals, liability for injuries caused by

 

§ 51-2-6. Dogs, liability of owner or keeper for injuries to livestock

If any dog, while not on the premises of its owner or the person having charge of it, kills or injures any livestock, the owner or person having charge of the dog shall be liable for damages sustained by the killing or maiming of the livestock and for the full costs of action.

CREDIT(S)

Laws 1865-66, p. 76, § 1.

Formerly Code 1868, § 2914; Code 1873, § 2965; Code 1882, § 2965; Civil Code 1895, § 3822; Civil Code 1910, § 4418; Code 1933, § 105-111.

 

§ 51-2-7. Vicious animals, liability for injuries caused by

A person who owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and who, by careless management or by allowing the animal to go at liberty, causes injury to another person who does not provoke the injury by his own act may be liable in damages to the person so injured. In proving vicious propensity, it shall be sufficient to show that the animal was required to be at heel or on a leash by an ordinance of a city, county, or consolidated government, and the said animal was at the time of the occurrence not at heel or on a leash. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to domesticated fowl including roosters with spurs. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to domesticated livestock.

CREDIT(S)

Laws 1985, p. 1033, § 1.

 
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