Alabama § 3-1-3 - Liability of Owner, Etc., Permitting Vicious or Dangerous Animal to Be at Liberty, Etc., for Injuries Caused by Same.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 3-1-3 — Liability of Owner, Etc., Permitting Vicious or Dangerous Animal to Be at Liberty, Etc., for Injuries Caused by Same., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-1-3. Liability of Owner, Etc., Permitting Vicious or Dangerous Animal to Be at Liberty, Etc., for Injuries Caused by Same.
When any person owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and, as a result of his careless management of the same or his allowing the same to go at liberty, and another person, without fault on his part, is injured thereby, such owner or keeper shall be liable in damages for such injury.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3-1-3 ("Liability of Owner, Etc., Permitting Vicious or Dangerous Animal to Be at Liberty, Etc., for Injuries Caused by Same.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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