Rhode Island § 4-13-16 § 4-13-16. Action for damages to animals — Double damages on second recovery — Destruction of offending dog.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 4-13-16 — § 4-13-16. Action for damages to animals — Double damages on second recovery — Destruction of offending dog.

Rhode Island § 4-13-16

Title 4Animals and Animal Husbandry

Ch. 4-13Dogs

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-13-16 (2026).

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§ 4-13-16. Action for damages to animals — Double damages on second recovery — Destruction of
               offending dog.
If any dog kills, wounds, worries, or assists in killing, wounding or worrying, any
            sheep, lamb, cattle, horse, hog, swine, fowl, or other domestic animal belonging to
            or in the possession of any person, or assaults, bites, or otherwise injures any person
            while traveling the highway or out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of that
            dog, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable to the person aggrieved, for all
            damage sustained, to be recovered in a civil action, with costs of suit. If afterwards
            any such damage is don

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§ 4-13-16. Action for damages to animals — Double damages on second recovery — Destruction of offending dog.

If any dog kills, wounds, worries, or assists in killing, wounding or worrying, any sheep, lamb, cattle, horse, hog, swine, fowl, or other domestic animal belonging to or in the possession of any person, or assaults, bites, or otherwise injures any person while traveling the highway or out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of that dog, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable to the person aggrieved, for all damage sustained, to be recovered in a civil action, with costs of suit. If afterwards any such damage is done by that dog, the owner or keeper of the dog shall pay to the party aggrieved double the damage, to be recovered in the manner set forth and an order shall be made by the court before whom that second recovery is made, for killing the dog. The order shall be executed by the officer charged with the execution of the order, and it shall not be necessary, in order to sustain this action, to prove that the owner or keeper of the dog knew that the dog was accustomed to causing this damage.