HB 530 Summary

• Establishes a process for any person to file a sworn dangerous dog complaint with municipal or county law enforcement when a dog bites, injures, or kills a person, with investigation completed within 15 days.

• Requires courts to declare dogs dangerous if they bit, attacked, or caused physical injury or death without justification, and mandates humane euthanasia for dogs that caused serious physical injury or death to a person.

• Allows courts to order euthanasia or conditional return to owner for dangerous dogs that have not caused serious injury, with conditions including microchipping, spaying/neutering, $100 annual registration fee, and $100,000 surety bond for liability coverage.

• Increases the fine for dogs found running at large without proper identification from 50 cents to $100, and clarifies municipal authority to regulate dangerous dogs.

• Adds provisions allowing law enforcement to humanely euthanize dogs declared dangerous and creates presumption that a dog is not dangerous if the incident occurred on the owner's property or victim was trespassing.