Is a dog a personal property?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Du Monet v. Green, 2019 BCCRT 1051 (CanLII):
18. Under the law, pets are considered personal property: Brown v. Larochelle, 2017 BCPC 115. The ownership of a dog generally falls within the tribunal’s personal property jurisdiction under section 118 of the Act.
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