Should You Allow Pets In Your Rental Properties?

 

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Should you allow pets in your rental properties?  Let’s take a minute and talk about what can happen if you do because you need rules and policies in place. Allowing pets in your rental properties opens up your pool of renters but also increases your headaches!

 

Early one bright and sunny Tuesday morning, one of your tenants calls into the office with a maintenance issue. The kitchen faucet is leaking, could you send someone out right away to fix it. 

 


The tenant won’t be home and Fluffy, his small dog, (which is on the lease) will be locked in a crate in the bedroom, so just come on in.
You happen to have a maintenance person in the area who has time to run by to take a look at the problem. 

 

[ctt template=”11″ link=”E229D” via=”no” ]I know many landlords that don’t allow pets and I know for a fact that the tenant usually just hides the pet. [/ctt]

 

pets in your rental property

 

BIG AGGRESSIVE DOG

The next thing you know, your maintenance person calls you.  He angry because a large dog came out of nowhere, chased him out of the house and almost bit him!  

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Kentucky Dog Bite Laws – Pending Changes

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Dog Bite Laws

Do you know the dog bite laws in your state?  If you don’t, you need to look them up because they vary greatly from state to state.

Did you know that the owner of the dog is liable in more than half of the states?  The way the law is written in Kentucky, the Landlord is also the owner of the dog which makes the landlord responsible if the dog bites someone.  

The dog doesn’t usually even have to physically attack someone but if an injury results from someone running away or falling, the dog owner (Landlord) is still responsible!

What happens if your tenant has a dog you don’t know about and it bites someone?  If you don’t know, consult an attorney that is familiar with the dog bite laws in your area.

 [ctt template=”5″ link=”Vz8Mr” via=”no” ]Do you know the dog bite law in your area?[/ctt]

Senate Bill 4: A Legal Analysis

 

January 26, 2017

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Brent R. Baughman

 
 

A pending bill (SB 4) – which establishes medical review panels as a means of vetting medical malpractice claims prior to litigation – will become law (it has already passed in the Senate) and then almost certainly face a constitutional challenge from the Kentucky Justice Association (the leading plaintiffs’ bar group).  Continue reading . . .