Texas Health And Safety Code Title 10, Chapter 828 - Dog And Cat Sterilization

• Texas Section 828.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "New owner" means a person who is legally competent to enter into a binding contract and who is adopting a dog...
• Texas Section 828.002 - Requirements For Adoption
  Except as provided by Section 828.013, a releasing agency may not release a dog or cat for adoption unless the animal has been sterilized or...
• Texas Section 828.003 - Sterilization Agreement
  (a) The sterilization agreement used by a releasing agency must contain: (1) the date of the agreement; (2) the names, addresses, and signatures of the...
• Texas Section 828.0035 - State Board Of Veterinary Medical Examiners
  The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall: (1) develop information sheets regarding surgical or nonsurgical sterilization to be distributed by a releasing agency to...
• Texas Section 828.004 - Sterilization Required
  (a) Except as provided by this section, a new owner who signs an agreement under Section 828.002 shall have the adopted animal sterilized on or...
• Texas Section 828.0045 - Nonsurgical Sterilization
  A licensed veterinarian may use nonsurgical methods and technologies as labeled and approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States...
• Texas Section 828.005 - Confirmation Of Sterilization
  (a) Except as provided by Section 828.006 or 828.007, each new owner who signs a sterilization agreement under Section 828.002 shall deliver to the releasing...
• Texas Section 828.006 - Letter Concerning Animal's Death
  (a) If an adopted animal dies on or before the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002, the new owner shall deliver to the...
• Texas Section 828.007 - Letter Concerning Lost Or Stolen Animal
  (a) If an adopted animal is lost or stolen before the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002, the new owner shall deliver to...
• Texas Section 828.008 - Notice Of Failure To Receive Letter
  A releasing agency that does not receive a letter under Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007 before the expiration of the seventh day after the sterilization...
• Texas Section 828.009 - Reclamation
  (a) A releasing agency that does not receive a letter under Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007 after the expiration of the seventh day after the...
• Texas Section 828.010 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A new owner that violates this chapter commits an offense. (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 828.011 - Adoption Standards
  (a) Each releasing agency may set its own standards for potential adopters if those standards are applied in a fair and equal manner. (b) If...
• Texas Section 828.012 - Surgery And Other Veterinary Services
  (a) Surgery or nonsurgical sterilization performed in accordance with this chapter must be performed by a veterinarian or a full-time student of an accredited college...
• Texas Section 828.013 - Exemptions
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) a dog or cat that is claimed from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the...
• Texas Section 828.014 - Animal Friendly Account; Dedication
  (a) The animal friendly account is a separate account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of: (1) money deposited to the credit...

Last modified: September 28, 2016