UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
Title 78B. Judicial Code |
Chapter 3. Actions and Venue |
Part 7. Damages Regarding Injury to or Theft of Assistance Animal |
§ 78B-3-703. Limitation on cause of action.
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- A cause of action does not exist under this section if the person with a disability who uses the service animal or the person having custody or supervision of the service animal was committing a civil or criminal trespass at the time of the:
(1) theft of, or the chasing or harassment of the service animal by a person who owns or exercises control over the property upon which the trespass is committed; or (2) attack upon, or the chasing or harassment of a service animal by an animal that is currently kept or maintained on the property where the trespass is committed.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session