§ 4-30. Liability and damages to persons bitten.

The owner of any dog which bites any person while such person is in or on a public place or lawfully on or in a private place, including the property of the owner of such dog, shall be liable for damages suffered by the person bitten regardless of the known or former dangerousness of the dog or the owner's knowledge of such dangerousness. A person is lawfully upon private property within the meaning of this article when he/she is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon them by the laws of this state, or by county or city ordinance or regulation, or by the laws and postal regulations of the United States, or when he/she is on such property upon invitation, express or implied, of the owner thereof; provided, however, that no owner of any dog shall be liable for any damages to any person or their property when such person shall mischievously or carelessly provoke or aggravate the dog inflicting such damage; nor shall any such owner be liable if, at the time of such injury, they have displayed in a prominent place on their premises a sign easily readable, including the words "bad dog" or words to that affect, and the incident occurs upon the property of the dog owner, unless the injured person is under the age of six (6).

(Ord. No. 06O-10-174, § 1, 11-13-06)