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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XX PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
  4. Chapter 140 LICENSES
  5. Section 159 Treble damages for injuries caused by dogs ordered to be restrained

Section 159

Section 159: Treble damages for injuries caused by dogs ordered to be restrained

Section 159. 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.