Dogs and cats are hereby declared to be personal property for all intents and purposes, and the owner or owners of any dog or cat shall be liable for any and all damages that may accrue to any person, other than a trespasser, by reason of having been chased, bitten or mauled by any dog or cat. If two or more dogs owned by different persons shall kill, wound or chase any domestic animal, the persons shall be jointly and severally liable for all damage done by the dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a dog or cat owned, kept or harbored by him or her, to destroy any real or personal property of any description belonging to another person. The owner or keeper of every dog and cat shall be liable to the owner of any real or personal property whose property is damaged, altered or defaced by his or her dog or cat.
(Prior Code, § 6-103) (Ord. 4-95, passed 11-6-1995) Penalty, see § 98.999
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Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-526, 54-601, 54-602