Full Statute Name:  West's Montana Code Annotated. Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations. Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies--Liability. Part 7. Liability. 27-1-715. Liability of owner of vicious dog

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Primary Citation:  MCA 27-1-715 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  October, 2025 Alternate Citation:  MT ST 27-1-715 Date Adopted:  1943 Historical: 
Summary: This Montana statute provides that the owner of any dog which shall without provocation bite any person while such person is on or in a public place or lawfully on or in a private place, including the property of the owner of such dog, located within an incorporated city or town shall be liable for such damages as may be suffered by the person bitten regardless of the former viciousness of such dog or the owner's knowledge of such viciousness.

(1) The owner of a dog that without provocation bites a person or service animal while the person or service animal is on or in a public place or lawfully on or in a private place located within an incorporated city or town is liable for damages that may be suffered by the person or service animal bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner's knowledge of the viciousness.

(2) A person or service animal is lawfully in a private place within the meaning of this section when the person or service animal is on the property in the performance of any duty imposed on the person or service animal by the laws of this state or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States of America or when the person or service animal is on the property as an invitee or licensee of the person lawfully in possession of the property.

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Enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 113, § 1; Revised Code of Montana 1947, 17-409. Amended by Laws 2009, ch. 56, § 588, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; amended by Laws 2025, ch. 568, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

 

 
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