2015 WISCONSIN ACT
112
An Act
to amend
174.02 (1) (b), 174.02 (2) (a) and (b) and 174.02 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes;
relating to:
liability for damages caused by dogs, court orders to kill a dog, and providing a penalty.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
174.02 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
174.02
(1)
(b)
After notice.
Subject to s. 895.045 and except as provided in s. 895.57 (4), the owner of a dog is liable for 2 times the full amount of damages caused by the dog
injuring or causing injury to
biting
a person
, domestic animal or property
with sufficient force to break the skin and cause permanent physical scarring or disfigurement
if the owner was notified or knew that the dog
had
previously
injured or caused injury to
, without provocation, bitten
a person
, domestic animal or property
with sufficient force to break the skin and cause permanent physical scarring or disfigurement
.
Section
2
.
174.02 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
174.02
(2)
(a)
Without notice.
The owner of a dog shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than
$500
$2,500
if the dog injures or causes injury to a person, domestic animal, property, deer, game birds or the nests or eggs of game birds.
(b)
After notice.
The owner of a dog shall forfeit not less than $200 nor more than
$1,000
$5,000
if the dog injures or causes injury to a person, domestic animal, property, deer, game birds or the nests or eggs of game birds,
and
if the owner was notified or knew that the dog previously injured or caused injury to a person, domestic animal, property, deer, game birds or the nests or eggs of game birds.
Section
3
.
174.02 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
174.02
(3)
(a) (intro.) The state
or
,
any municipality
, or a person who is injured by the dog, whose minor child was injured by the dog, or whose domestic animal is injured by the dog
may commence a civil action to obtain a judgment from a court ordering an officer to kill a dog. The court may grant the judgment if the court finds both of the following:
