Dog Bites
IC 15-20-1-3 — an owner is liable for a bite on someone carrying out a legal duty, whatever the dog's history
Where a dog, unprovoked, bites a person acting peaceably who is where the person may be required to be to carry out a duty imposed by Indiana or federal law or postal regulations, the owner is liable for all the damages, even if the dog never behaved viciously before and the owner knew of no such behavior.
Who handles this in Indiana: legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Indiana directory.
The section speaks only to people carrying out such duties; it says nothing about bites on anyone else.
Sources for this section (1)
- IC 15-20-1-3 — Dog bite liability
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Indiana attorney.