{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-3-702","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 78B-3-702","heading":"Damages recoverable for harm to or theft of service animal.","body":"(1) A person with a disability who uses a service animal, or the owner of a service animal has a cause of action for economic and noneconomic damages against:\n(a) any person who steals or, without provocation, attacks the service animal; and\n(b) the owner or keeper of any animal that without provocation attacks a service animal due to the owner's or keeper's negligent failure to exercise sufficient control over the animal to prevent the attack.\n(2) The action authorized by this section maybe brought by a person with a disability who uses the service animal, or the owner of the service animal.\n(3) The measure of economic damages in an action brought under Subsection (1) regarding a service animal that is not returned or is killed or injured due to an unprovoked attack so that the service animal is unable to function again as a service animal includes:\n(a) the replacement value of an equally trained service animal, without any differentiation for the age or experience of the animal; and\n(b) costs and expenses incurred by the person with a disability or the owner, including:\n(i) costs of temporary replacement assistance services, whether provided by another service animal or by a person;\n(ii) reasonable costs incurred in efforts to recover a stolen service animal; and\n(iii) court and attorney costs incurred in bringing an action under this section.\n(4) If the unprovoked attack on a service animal results in injuries from which the animal recovers so it is able to again function as a service animal for the person with a disability, or if the theft of the service animal results in the recovery of the service animal and the animal is again able to function as a service animal for the person with a disability, the measure of economic damages is the costs and expenses incurred by the person with a disability or the owner as a result of the theft of or injury to the service animal, and includes:\n(a) veterinary medical expenses;\n(b) costs of temporary replacement assistance services, whether provided by another service animal or a person;\n(c) costs incurred in recovering the service animal, such as a reward; and\n(d) court and attorney costs incurred in bringing an action under this section.","path":["Title 78B Judicial Code","Chapter 78B-3 Civil Actions","Part 78B-3-7 Damages Regarding Injury to or Theft of Assistance Animal"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78B/Chapter3/78B-3-S702.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"6bab3904368f5e2e80fbc3f994ba7130a0cfc2341d355366a7b0dce87bb130f5","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-3-701","next":"us-ut/utah-code-78b-3-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}