§ 4-42-1

The owner or owners of any dog shall be liable for damages to the full amount of any damages sustained when his dog, without provocation, bites or injures any person while such person is in or on a place where he has a lawful right to be. Added by Laws 1947, p. 32, § 1. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 75, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.