Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140 § 159

Current through Chapter 231 of the 2024
Section 140:159 - Treble damages for injuries caused by dogs ordered to be restrained

If a hearing authority or a district court has deemed a dog to be a dangerous dog and such dog wounds a person or worries, wounds or kills any livestock or fowl, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable in tort to the person injured by the dog for 3 times the amount of damages sustained by such person.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 159

Amended by Acts 2012, c. 193,§ 32, eff. 10/31/2012.