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| | AZAMA - Publication/Articles |
 | | Woodmar, 189 Ariz. 206, 941 P.2d 218, which basically holds that the landlord’s duty to residents, residents’ guests, and invitees of the resident shall attach when he or she knew or should have known about a danger or peril in the common areas. |
 | | If a landlord knows or should have known about aggressive or vicious tendencies of another resident’s animal and doesn’t have that animal removed from the property, and subsequently a vicious attack takes place resulting in harm, the law could also hold him or her criminally liable, along with the animal’s owner. |
 | | However, if a landlord learns later that an assistive animal is aggressive or vicious, he or she can begin the process of having the owner remove the animal, or, alternatively, removing the resident and the animal. |
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