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Leyes de Arizona sobre Mordeduras de Perro: Responsabilidad y Derechos de las Víctimas

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Leyes de Arizona sobre Mordeduras de Perro: Responsabilidad y Derechos de las Víctimas

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuánto tiempo tengo para presentar una demanda por mordedura de perro en Arizona?

Para un reclamo de responsabilidad objetiva bajo el A.R.S. § 11-1025, tiene un año desde la fecha de la mordedura (según el A.R.S. § 12-541). Para un reclamo de negligencia, tiene dos años (según el A.R.S. § 12-542). No cumplir con estos plazos probablemente impedirá su reclamo de forma permanente.

¿Arizona sigue la regla de la primera mordida?

No. Arizona es un estado de responsabilidad objetiva. Los dueños de perros son responsables por lesiones de mordedura sin importar si el perro ha mordido antes a alguien o ha mostrado comportamiento agresivo. En Arizona no existe una 'primera mordida gratis'.

¿Cuál es la única defensa a un reclamo por mordedura de perro en Arizona?

Bajo el A.R.S. § 11-1027, la provocación es la principal defensa estatutaria. El estándar es si una persona razonable esperaría que la conducta de la víctima provocara a un perro. La víctima también debe haber estado legalmente presente en el lugar donde ocurrió la mordedura.

¿Pueden sacrificar a un perro por morder a alguien en Arizona?

Un juez de paz o magistrado municipal puede ordenar que se sacrifique a un animal feroz bajo el A.R.S. § 11-1014, pero solo después de notificar al dueño y a la persona mordida y de celebrar una audiencia. Una sola mordedura no conduce automáticamente al sacrificio.

¿El dueño del perro tiene que darme su información después de una mordedura?

Sí. Bajo la 'Ley de Morder y Huir' de Arizona de 2025 (SB1241), un dueño de perro o persona responsable del perro debe proporcionar su nombre e información de contacto a la víctima de la mordedura. Negarse a hacerlo es un delito menor de Clase 2, sancionable con hasta cuatro meses de cárcel y una multa de $750.

¿Lesionado en Arizona? Obtenga una revisión gratuita del caso con un abogado de lesiones personales

Si la negligencia de otra persona causó su lesión, podría tener derecho a compensación por gastos médicos, salarios perdidos y dolor y sufrimiento. Obtenga una revisión gratuita y sin compromiso de un abogado de lesiones personales en Arizona. La mayoría trabaja por honorarios contingentes, así que no hay costo inicial.

Actualizaciones

Corrected a fabricated criminal penalty: A.R.S. section 11-1025(B), the 2025 'Bite and Run Law' contact-information duty, creates no criminal penalty, fine, or misdemeanor classification for a violation, in either the codified statute or the SB1241 session-law text that enacted it. Removed the invented 'Class 2 misdemeanor / 4 months / $750' penalty from the body, the criminal-penalties table, and the FAQ.

Ley aplicable revisada en busca de cambios recientes

La ley detrás de este artículo

Este artículo se apoya en 10 disposiciones legales conservadas en nuestro propio registro jurídico, cada una obtenida de la fuente oficial. Toque una sección para leer el texto vigente.

Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 11 (Counties), Chapter 7 (INTERGOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS), Article 6 (Animal Control)

§ 11-1001DefinitionsVigente
In section 13-1208 and in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Animal" means any animal of a species that is susceptible to rabies, except man. 2. "At large" means being neither confined by an enclosure nor physically restrained by a leash. 3. "County board of health" means the duly constituted board of health of each county. 4. "County enforcement agent" means that person in each county who is responsible for enforcing this article and the rules adopted under this article. 5. "County pound" means any establishment that is authorized by the county board of supervisors to confine, maintain, safekeep and control dogs and other animals that come into the custody of the county enforcement agent in the performance of the county enforcement agent's official duties. 6. "Department" means the department of health services. 7. "Impound" means the act of taking or receiving into custody by the county enforcement agent any dog or other animal for the purpose of confinement in a county pound in accordance with this article. 8.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 2 opiniones judicialesAplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2022

Casos destacados: Spirlong v. Browne (Court of Appeals of Arizona 2014, 236 Ariz. 146) · Gillis v. Northsand (Court of Appeals of Arizona 2022)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

§ 11-1014Biting animals; reporting; handling and euthanasia; exceptionVigente
A. An unvaccinated dog or cat that bites any person shall be confined and quarantined in a county pound or, on request of and at the expense of the owner, at a veterinary hospital for a period of at least ten days. The quarantine period shall start on the day of the bite incident. If the day of the bite is not known, the quarantine period shall start on the first day of impoundment. A dog properly vaccinated pursuant to this article that bites any person may be confined and quarantined at the home of the owner or wherever the dog is harbored and maintained with the consent of and in a manner prescribed by the county enforcement agent. B. A dog or cat that is impounded as the result of biting any person shall not be released from the pound to its owner unless one of the following applies: 1. The dog has a current dog license pursuant to section 11-1008 at the time the dog entered the pound. 2. The dog or cat has been previously spayed or neutered before impound or has been spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip before release from the pound. 3. There is no veterinary facility capable of performing surgical sterilization within a twenty mile radius of the pound. 4.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

§ 11-1014.01Aggressive dogs; reasonable care requirements; violation; classification; definitionsVigente
A. A person who owns or who is responsible for the care of an aggressive dog shall take reasonable care to: 1. Prohibit the dog from escaping to the outside of a residence or an enclosed area, yard or structure. 2. Control the dog in a manner that prevents the dog from biting or attacking a person or domestic animal at all times while the dog is off the owner's or responsible person's property. B. This section does not apply to any of the following: 1. A dog that is owned by a governmental agency and that is being used in military or police work. 2. A service animal as defined in section 11-1024. 3. A dog that is involved in an otherwise lawful act of hunting, ranching, farming or other agricultural purpose. C. A violation of subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.  A violation of subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section is a class 3 misdemeanor. D. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Aggressive dog" means any dog that has bitten a person or domestic animal without provocation or that has a known history of attacking persons or domestic animals without provocation. 2.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

§ 11-1020Dogs; liabilityVigente
Injury to any person or damage to any property by a dog while at large shall be the full responsibility of the dog owner or person or persons responsible for the dog when such damages were inflicted.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 3 opiniones judicialesAplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2023

Casos destacados: Spirlong v. Browne (Court of Appeals of Arizona 2014, 236 Ariz. 146) · Weekly v. City of Mesa (Court of Appeals of Arizona 1994, 181 Ariz. 159) · Stensrud v. Friedberg (District Court, D. Arizona 2023)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 11 (Counties), Chapter 7 (INTERGOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS), Article 6.1 (Handling of Animals)

§ 11-1025Liability for dog bites; owner information; military and police work; definitionsVigentecitada en 2 de nuestros artículos
A. The owner of a dog that bites a person when the person is in or on a public place or lawfully in or on a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, is liable for damages suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner's knowledge of its viciousness. B. A person who owns or is responsible for the care of a dog that bites a person when the person is in or on a public place or lawfully in or on a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, shall provide the owner's contact information to the person who suffered the dog bite. C. The breed of a dog may not be considered in findings of facts or conclusions of law entered by a court, administrative law judge, hearing officer, arbitrator or other legal decision-maker regarding whether a dog is aggressive or vicious or has created liability. D. This section and section 11-1020 do not allow the bringing of an action for damages against any governmental agency using a dog in military or police work if the bite occurred while the dog was defending itself from a harassing or provoking act or assisting an employee of the agency in any of the following: 1.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 4 opiniones judicialesAplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2026

Casos destacados: Weekly v. City of Mesa (Court of Appeals of Arizona 1994, 181 Ariz. 159) · Spirlong v. Browne (Court of Appeals of Arizona 2014, 236 Ariz. 146) · HEAD v. MESA (Court of Appeals of Arizona 2026)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

§ 11-1027Reasonable provocation as defenseVigente
Proof of provocation of the attack by the person injured shall be a defense to the action for damages.  The issue of provocation shall be determined by whether a reasonable person would expect that the conduct or circumstances would be likely to provoke a dog.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 1 opiniones judicialesAplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2023

Casos destacados: Stensrud v. Friedberg (District Court, D. Arizona 2023)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 12 (Courts and Civil Proceedings), Chapter 16 (UNIFORM CONTRIBUTION AMONG TORTFEASORS ACT), Article 1 (General Provisions)

§ 12-2505Comparative negligence; definitionVigentecitada en 8 de nuestros artículos
A. The defense of contributory negligence or of assumption of risk is in all cases a question of fact and shall at all times be left to the jury. If the jury applies either defense, the claimant's action is not barred, but the full damages shall be reduced in proportion to the relative degree of the claimant's fault which is a proximate cause of the injury or death, if any. There is no right to comparative negligence in favor of any claimant who has intentionally, wilfully or wantonly caused or contributed to the injury or wrongful death. B. In this section, "claimant's fault" includes the fault imputed or attributed to a claimant by operation of law, if any.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 64 opiniones judiciales1980s: 141990s: 242000s: 152010s: 52020s: 6Aplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2024

Casos destacados: Hall v. A.N.R. Freight System, Inc. (Arizona Supreme Court 1986, 149 Ariz. 130) · Jimenez v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Arizona Supreme Court 1995, 183 Ariz. 399) · Williams v. Thude (Arizona Supreme Court 1997, 188 Ariz. 257)

Identificado automáticamente a partir de las opiniones judiciales que citan esta sección; no es un ranking de qué caso prevalece.

Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 12 (Courts and Civil Proceedings), Chapter 5 (LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS), Article 3 (Personal Actions)

§ 12-541Malicious prosecution; false imprisonment; libel or slander; seduction or breach of promise of marriage; breach of employment contract; wrongful termination; liability created by statute; one year limitationVigentecitada en 3 de nuestros artículos
There shall be commenced and prosecuted within one year after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward, the following actions: 1. For malicious prosecution, or for false imprisonment, or for injuries done to the character or reputation of another by libel or slander. 2. For damages for seduction or breach of promise of marriage. 3. For breach of an oral or written employment contract including contract actions based on employee handbooks or policy manuals that do not specify a time period in which to bring an action. 4. For damages for wrongful termination. 5. Upon a liability created by statute, other than a penalty or forfeiture.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 204 opiniones judiciales1960s: 31970s: 111980s: 321990s: 372000s: 222010s: 372020s: 62Aplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2026

Casos destacados: Alaface v. National Investment Co. (Court of Appeals of Arizona 1994, 181 Ariz. 586) · Stewart v. Fahey (Court of Appeals of Arizona 1971, 14 Ariz. App. 149) · Skydive Arizona, Inc. v. Hogue (Court of Appeals of Arizona 2015, 238 Ariz. 357)

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§ 12-542Injury to person; injury when death ensues; injury to property; conversion of property; forcible entry and forcible detainer; two year limitationVigentecitada en 11 de nuestros artículos
Except as provided in section 12-551 there shall be commenced and prosecuted within two years after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward, the following actions: 1. For injuries done to the person of another including causes of action for medical malpractice as defined in section 12-561. 2. For injuries done to the person of another when death ensues from such injuries, which action shall be considered as accruing at the death of the party injured. 3. For trespass for injury done to the estate or the property of another. 4. For taking or carrying away the goods and chattels of another. 5. For detaining the personal property of another and for converting such property to one's own use. 6. For forcible entry or forcible detainer, which action shall be considered as accruing at the commencement of the forcible entry or detainer.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

Citada en 497 opiniones judiciales1960s: 91970s: 471980s: 831990s: 782000s: 612010s: 812020s: 138Aplicada por un tribunal por última vez: 2026

Casos destacados: Kenyon v. Hammer (Arizona Supreme Court 1984, 142 Ariz. 69) · Walk v. Ring (Arizona Supreme Court 2002, 202 Ariz. 310) · Florez v. Sargeant (Arizona Supreme Court 1996, 185 Ariz. 521)

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Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 20 (Insurance), Chapter 6 (PARTICULAR TYPES OF INSURANCE), Article 7 (Property Insurance)

§ 20-1510Homeowner's or renter's insurance; dog breeds; prohibitions; definitionsVigente
A. The breed of a dog may not be the sole factor considered or used for any of the following purposes: 1. Underwriting or actuarial processes for determining risk, liability or actual or potential losses related to claims involving dogs under a policy of insurance. 2. Questionnaires, surveys or other means of gathering information regarding ownership or possession of a dog or the presence of a dog on premises insured or to be insured under a policy of insurance. B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Breed" means the actual or perceived breed or mixture of breeds of a dog. 2. "Policy of insurance" means a homeowner's or renter's policy of insurance.

Texto oficial (extracto) · al 2026-08-04 · Lea la sección completa en azleg.gov

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Fuentes y referencias

  1. A.R.S. § 11-1025 - Responsabilidad por mordeduras de perro; información del dueño; labores militares y policiales; definiciones(azleg.gov).gov
  2. A.R.S. § 11-1020 - Perros; responsabilidad(azleg.gov).gov
  3. A.R.S. § 11-1027 - Provocación razonable como defensa(azleg.gov).gov
  4. A.R.S. § 11-1014.01 - Perros agresivos; requisitos de cuidado razonable; infracción; clasificación; definiciones(azleg.gov).gov
  5. A.R.S. § 11-1014 - Animales que muerden; reporte; manejo y sacrificio; excepción(azleg.gov).gov
  6. A.R.S. § 11-1001 - Definiciones (control animal)(azleg.gov).gov
  7. A.R.S. § 12-541 - Plazo de prescripción de un año (responsabilidad creada por estatuto)(azleg.gov).gov
  8. A.R.S. § 12-542 - Plazo de prescripción de dos años (negligencia por lesiones personales)(azleg.gov).gov
  9. SB1241 - Mordeduras de animales; información de contacto del dueño (Ley de Morder y Huir de 2025)(azleg.gov).gov
  10. A.R.S. § 12-2505 - Culpa comparativa(azleg.gov).gov
  11. A.R.S. § 20-1510 - Seguro de propietario o inquilino; razas de perros; prohibiciones(azleg.gov).gov
  12. Nueva Ley de Arizona Brinda Apoyo a las Víctimas de Mordeduras de Perro y Responsabiliza a los Dueños - Condado de Maricopa(maricopa.gov).gov
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