RSMo 578.022effective 28 Aug 2024

Law enforcement dogs, exempt from certain laws, when

In plain English

A dog that works for a police or other law enforcement agency is not subject to certain animal laws if it bites or hurts a person or another animal while doing its official job.

Word-for-word law

578.022. Law dogs, from certain laws, when. — Any dog that is owned, or the of which is employed, by a and that bites or injures another animal or human in the course of their official duties is exempt from the of sections 273.033, 273.036, 578.012, and 578.024.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2024 S.B. 754, et al.)

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