Texas Health And Safety Code Title 10, Chapter 822 - Regulation Of Animals

• Texas Section 822.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Animal control authority" means a municipal or county animal control office with authority over the area in which the dog is...
• Texas Section 822.0011 - Application To Certain Property
  For purposes of this subchapter, a person's property includes property the person is entitled to possess or occupy under a lease or other agreement. Added...
• Texas Section 822.002 - Seizure Of A Dog Causing Death Of Or Serious Bodily Injury To A Person
  (a) A justice court, county court, or municipal court shall order the animal control authority to seize a dog and shall issue a warrant authorizing...
• Texas Section 822.003 - Hearing
  (a) The court shall set a time for a hearing to determine whether the dog caused the death of or serious bodily injury to a...
• Texas Section 822.004 - Destruction Of Dog
  The destruction of a dog under this subchapter must be performed by: (1) a licensed veterinarian; (2) personnel of a recognized animal shelter or humane...
• Texas Section 822.005 - Attack By Dog
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dog and the person: (1) with criminal negligence, as defined by...
• Texas Section 822.006 - Defenses
  (a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that the person is a veterinarian, a veterinary clinic employee, a peace officer, a person...

SUBCHAPTER B DOGS AND COYOTES THAT ARE A DANGER TO ANIMALS

• Texas Section 822.007 - Local Regulation Of Dogs
  This subchapter does not prohibit a municipality or county from adopting leash or registration requirements applicable to dogs. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 822.011 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Dog or coyote" includes a crossbreed between a dog and a coyote. (2) "Livestock" includes exotic livestock as defined by Section...
• Texas Section 822.012 - Certain Dogs And Coyotes Prohibited From Running At Large; Criminal Penalty
  (a) The owner, keeper, or person in control of a dog or coyote that the owner, keeper, or person knows is accustomed to run, worry,...

SUBCHAPTER C COUNTY REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF DOGS

• Texas Section 822.013 - Dogs Or Coyotes That Attack Animals
  (a) A dog or coyote that is attacking, is about to attack, or has recently attacked livestock, domestic animals, or fowls may be killed by:...
• Texas Section 822.021 - Application To Counties That Adopt Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a county that adopts this subchapter by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an...
• Texas Section 822.022 - Petition For Election
  (a) On receiving a petition signed by at least 100 qualified property taxpaying voters of the county or a majority of the qualified property taxpaying...
• Texas Section 822.023 - Notice
  In addition to the notice required by Section 4.003, Election Code, notice of an election under this subchapter shall be published at least once in...
• Texas Section 822.024 - Ballot Proposition
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Registration of and registration fee...
• Texas Section 822.025 - Election Result
  (a) If a majority of those voting at the election vote in favor of the measure, the requirement that dogs be registered takes effect in...
• Texas Section 822.026 - Interval Between Elections
  (a) If the result of an election is against the registration of and registration fee for dogs, another election on that subject may not be...
• Texas Section 822.027 - Registration Tags And Certificate
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall furnish the county treasurer the necessary dog identification tags. (b) The tags must be numbered consecutively and...
• Texas Section 822.028 - Registration Fee
  (a) An owner of a dog registered under this subchapter must pay a registration fee of $1. However, the commissioners court of the county may...
• Texas Section 822.029 - Disposition Of Fee
  (a) The fee collected for the registration of a dog shall be deposited to the credit of a special fund of the county and used...
• Texas Section 822.030 - Registration Required; Exception For Temporary Visits
  (a) The owner or person having control of a dog six months of age or older in a county that has adopted this subchapter must...
• Texas Section 822.031 - Unregistered Dogs Prohibited From Running At Large
  The owner or person having control of a dog at least six months of age in a county adopting this subchapter may not allow the...

SUBCHAPTER D DANGEROUS DOGS

• Texas Section 822.035 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally: (1) fails or refuses to register a dog required to be registered under this subchapter;...
• Texas Section 822.041 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Animal control authority" means a municipal or county animal control office with authority over the area where the dog is kept...
• Texas Section 822.042 - Requirements For Owner Of Dangerous Dog
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after a person learns that the person is the owner of a dangerous dog, the person shall: (1)...
• Texas Section 822.0421 - Determination That Dog Is Dangerous
  (a) If a person reports an incident described by Section 822.041(2), the animal control authority may investigate the incident. If, after receiving the sworn statements...
• Texas Section 822.0422 - Reporting Of Incident In Certain Counties And Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 2,800,000, to a county in which the commissioners court has entered...
• Texas Section 822.0423 - Hearing
  (a) The court, on receiving a report of an incident under Section 822.0422 or on application under Section 822.042(c), shall set a time for a...
• Texas Section 822.0424 - Appeal
  (a) A party to an appeal under Section 822.0421(d) or a hearing under Section 822.0423 may appeal the decision to a county court or county...
• Texas Section 822.043 - Registration
  (a) An animal control authority for the area in which the dog is kept shall annually register a dangerous dog if the owner: (1) presents...
• Texas Section 822.044 - Attack By Dangerous Dog
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous dog and the dog makes an unprovoked attack on another...
• Texas Section 822.045 - Violations
  (a) A person who owns or keeps custody or control of a dangerous dog commits an offense if the person fails to comply with Section...
• Texas Section 822.046 - Defense
  (a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.044 or Section 822.045 that the person is a veterinarian, a peace officer, a person employed...

SUBCHAPTER E DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS

• Texas Section 822.047 - Local Regulation Of Dangerous Dogs
  A county or municipality may place additional requirements or restrictions on dangerous dogs if the requirements or restrictions: (1) are not specific to one breed...
• Texas Section 822.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Animal registration agency" means the municipal or county animal control office with authority over the area where a dangerous wild animal...
• Texas Section 822.102 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  (a) This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a county, municipality, or agency of the state or an agency of the United States or an...
• Texas Section 822.103 - Certificate Of Registration; Fees
  (a) A person may not own, harbor, or have custody or control of a dangerous wild animal for any purpose unless the person holds a...
• Texas Section 822.104 - Certificate Of Registration Application
  (a) An applicant for an original or renewal certificate of registration for a dangerous wild animal must file an application with an animal registration agency...
• Texas Section 822.105 - Denial Or Revocation Of Certificate Of Registration; Appeal
  (a) If the animal registration agency finds that an application for an original or renewal certificate of registration under this subchapter does not meet the...
• Texas Section 822.106 - Display Of Certificate Of Registration
  (a) A holder of a certificate of registration shall prominently display the certificate at the premises where each animal that is the subject of the...
• Texas Section 822.107 - Liability Insurance
  An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall maintain liability insurance coverage in an amount of not less than $100,000 for each occurrence for liability...
• Texas Section 822.108 - Inspection
  An owner of a dangerous wild animal, at all reasonable times, shall allow the animal registration agency, its staff, its agents, or a designated licensed...
• Texas Section 822.109 - Relocation Or Disposition Of Animal
  (a) An owner of a dangerous wild animal may not permanently relocate the animal unless the owner first notifies the animal registration agency in writing...
• Texas Section 822.110 - Attack By Animal; Escape Of Animal; Liability
  (a) An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall notify the animal registration agency of any attack of a human by the animal within 48...
• Texas Section 822.111 - Powers And Duties Of Executive Commissioner; Caging Requirements And Standards
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish caging requirements and standards for the keeping and confinement of a dangerous wild animal to ensure that...
• Texas Section 822.112 - Care, Treatment, And Transportation Of Animal
  (a) For each dangerous wild animal, the owner shall comply with all applicable standards of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.)...
• Texas Section 822.113 - Offense And Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 822.103(a), Section 822.106, or Section 822.110(a) or (b). Each animal with respect to which...
• Texas Section 822.114 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person who violates Section 822.103(a) is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $2,000 for each...
• Texas Section 822.115 - Injunction
  Any person who is directly harmed or threatened with harm by a violation of this subchapter or a failure to enforce this subchapter may sue...
• Texas Section 822.116 - Effect Of Subchapter On Other Law
  (a) This subchapter does not affect the applicability of any other law, rule, order, ordinance, or other legal requirement of this state or a political...

Last modified: September 28, 2016