Pay the vet bills &/or report it to your homeowners. Their dog leashed. Yours not. You're responsible.

Hit and run is when you are involved in a collision and there is damage to property or person. Sounds like you have no duty to report it. If you wish you can call up the police for the area where it happened. Make note of when you call. If they say no problem, then just say "thank you."

Did this happen in Pennsylvania? If not, refile with Justia under Kentucky.

I would say you don't have to pay anything. They let their dog trespass onto your yard. You already contained the dog. Not your problem if they chose to expose their dog to the realistic outcome.

Send her a certified return receipt letter with the bills. Check with the dog warden to see if there was a report made.

Then you can file in small claims court.

Did he in fact give up his rights? If not, his dog. A lot depends on how you came into posession of the dog.

I'm sorry to hear this but anyone making a claim has to show that the other person was careless. Was the dog visible? Was a light on? (I'm also wondering why the dog wasn't up and alert--normally when they hear feet on a step they are at least wakeful). As to time lost from work, you... View More

A lot depends on the facts--did you have a fence? etc. However you can get the value of the dog (i.e. it's market value, not it's value to you ), vet bills. Likely not the cost of a replacement but you can ask.

Consider a small claims replevin action in your state. Replevin is an action to recover property like an animal.

Depends on the property owner--in this case the school board. The public is allowed on school grounds subject to the rules of the school. For instance, you can't just wander into a school. So it is with the grounds.

Only at such time as your township ordinance establishes that it's a health hazard or public nuissance due to odor etc.

However you won't earn points with visitors if you leave it out there.

Do you have an expert to testify? If not you are correct that you didn't sign the contract, but then your girlfriend is on the hook--bottom line, you don't need a contract if you ask them to care for the dog and they do, and it's commercial and you know there's a charge. Your... View More

Who is handicapped the dog? Whether handicapped or not, it is up to you to make sure Houdini the dog can't get out. He gets out, you get cited. If you can explain why it isn't your fault you can plead not guilty but chances are it'll be on you.

All the above. If you got the dog from someone be useful to get something signed from that person.

The zoning officer should be able to tell you. Normally ducks are viewed as fowl--if you can keep hens, chances are you may keep ducks.

The dog is trespassing and she is violating laws that require a dog owner to pick up their pooche's poop.

If you know where try to get it back. If not all the roomate owes you is the cost of the dog if it had been for sale the day before--the market value. Technically she destroyed property. You need to look for a roomate that knows boundaries.

Won't affect you as far as the authorities--it's not a mandatory reportable as far as I know--but you should report it to your insurance conmpany.

Well, that's fine for your neighbor. But if the dog get's loose it'll be on you. That's why they have dog laws. And your neighbor I assume will not want that responsibility. Also if unleashed, and it gets into it with a postal worker or deliveryperson that is on you.

Probably not. Pets are considered property under Pennsylvania law, just like a table, lamp, etc. If you've paid for the upkeep of the pet for the past year, a court will likely let you keep the pet. If she comes for the pet, you can politely decline her request. At that point, she'll... View More

Talk to your lawyer. Who is the owner under the license? That's what the police will look at.