3-6A-4
Section 3-6A-4 Sworn statement; dangerous dog investigation; hearing; procedures. (a)(1) When
a person claims that a dog is dangerous, the person shall make a sworn statement before a
city magistrate or sheriff setting forth the name of the dog owner, if known, the location
where the dog is being kept in the city or county, and the reason he or she believes the dog
to be dangerous. (2) The sworn statement shall be delivered to an animal control officer who
shall complete a dangerous dog investigation.When the sworn statement claims that a dog has
caused serious physical injury or death to a person, the duties of the animal control officer,
including but not limited to the dangerous dog investigation, shall be carried out by a law
enforcement officer. (b) An animal control officer may initiate a dangerous dog investigation
in cases where a complaint has been made pursuant to subsection (a) and a person has been
bitten, received physical injury or serious physical injury, or has died....
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3-6A-5
food, veterinary expenses for boarding, and veterinary expenses necessitated by impoundment
of the dog, medical expenses incurred by a victim from an attack by a dangerous dog, and other
expenses required for the destruction of the dog. (f)(1) When a dog declared to be dangerous
is outside and not contained in the proper enclosure of a dangerous dog pursuant to Section
3-6A-3, the owner of the dangerous dog shall be present and shall restrain the dangerous dog
with a secure collar and leash. (2) An owner of a dog declared to be dangerous who
violates subdivision (1) shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, except that a second or
subsequent adjudication or conviction is a Class B misdemeanor. (g) An owner of a dog that
is the subject of a dangerous dog investigation who refuses to surrender the dog to an animal
control officer or law enforcement officer, upon the request of the animal control officer
or law enforcement officer, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (h) Any...
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13A-6-21
Section 13A-6-21 Assault in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime of assault in
the second degree if the person does any of the following: (1) With intent to cause serious
physical injury to another person, he or she causes serious physical injury to any person.
(2) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he or she causes physical injury
to any person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. (3) He or she recklessly
causes serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous
instrument. (4) With intent to prevent a peace officer, as defined in Section 36-21-60, a
detention or correctional officer at any municipal or county jail or state penitentiary, emergency
medical personnel, a utility worker, or a firefighter from performing a lawful duty, he or
she intends to cause physical injury and he or she causes physical injury to any person. For
the purpose of this subdivision, a person who is a peace officer who is...
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13A-6-20
Section 13A-6-20 Assault in the first degree. (a) A person commits the crime of assault in
the first degree if: (1) With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he
or she causes serious physical injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous
instrument; or (2) With intent to disfigure another person seriously and permanently, or to
destroy, amputate, or disable permanently a member or organ of the body of another person,
he or she causes such an injury to any person; or (3) Under circumstances manifesting extreme
indifference to the value of human life, he or she recklessly engages in conduct which creates
a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes serious physical injury to any
person; or (4) In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission
of arson in the first degree, burglary in the first or second degree, escape in the first
degree, kidnapping in the first degree, rape in the first degree, robbery in...
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13A-6-22
Section 13A-6-22 Assault in the third degree. (a) A person commits the crime of assault in
the third degree if: (1) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes
physical injury to any person; or (2) He recklessly causes physical injury to another person;
or (3) With criminal negligence he causes physical injury to another person by means of a
deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or (4) With intent to prevent a peace officer from
performing a lawful duty, he causes physical injury to any person. (b) Assault in the third
degree is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2103.)...
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3-6A-3
Section 3-6A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person employed by a county or municipality
who performs animal control functions or any person who performs animal control functions
who is employed by an entity under agreement or contract with a county or municipality to
perform animal control functions or to enforce this chapter. (2) ATTACK. Aggressive physical
contact by a dog. (3) BITTEN. Seized with the teeth so that the skin of the person seized
has been gripped, or has been wounded or pierced, resulting in physical injury. (4) DANGEROUS
DOG. A dog, regardless of its breed, that has bitten, attacked, or caused physical injury,
serious physical injury, or death to a person without justification, except a dog that is
a police animal as defined by Section 13A-11-260, used by law enforcement officials for legitimate
law enforcement purposes. (5) DOG. All members of the canine family...
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15-22-27.1
Section 15-22-27.1 Parole of persons convicted of certain felonies or attempts and having been
previously convicted of felonies or attempts resulting in serious physical injury. Any person
convicted of any act, or attempt to commit the act, of murder, rape, robbery or assault with
a deadly weapon, the commission of which directly and proximately resulted in serious physical
injury to another and the commission of which follows within five years a previous conviction
of another felony, or attempt thereof, resulting in serious physical injury to another, shall
upon conviction serve such sentence as may be imposed without benefit of parole, notwithstanding
any law to the contrary. (Acts 1977, No. 639, p. 1087.)...
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3-6-3
Section 3-6-3 Mitigation of damages. The owner of such dog shall, however, be entitled to plead
and prove in mitigation of damages that he had no knowledge of any circumstances indicating
such dog to be or to have been vicious or dangerous or mischievous, and, if he does so, he
shall be liable only to the extent of the actual expenses incurred by the person so bitten
or injured as a result of the bite or injury. (Acts 1953, No. 320, p. 379, §2.)...
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13A-7-6
Section 13A-7-6 Burglary in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime of burglary in
the second degree if he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent
to commit theft or a felony therein and, if in effecting entry or while in the building or
in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime: (1) Is armed
with explosives; or (2) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the
crime; or (3) In effecting entry, is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or,
while in the building or in immediate flight from the building, uses or threatens the immediate
use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument against another person. The use of or threatened
use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument does not include the mere acquisition of a
deadly weapon or dangerous instrument during the burglary. (b) In the alternative to subsection
(a) of this section, a person commits the crime of burglary in...
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13A-11-72
Section 13A-11-72 Certain persons forbidden to possess pistol. (a) No person who has been convicted
in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor
offense of domestic violence, violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), anyone who
is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind shall
own a firearm or have one in his or her possession or under his or her control. (b) No person
who is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in this section, a drug addict, or
an habitual drunkard shall own a pistol or have one in his or her possession or under his
or her control. (c) Subject to the exceptions provided by Section 13A-11-74, no person shall
knowingly with intent to do bodily harm carry or possess a deadly weapon on the premises of
a public school. (d) Possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to do bodily harm on the
premises of a public school in violation of subsection (c) of this...
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