Tex. Health & Safety Code § 822.030 · Subchapter C. COUNTY REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF DOGS
REGISTRATION REQUIRED; EXCEPTION FOR TEMPORARY VISITS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 register the dog not later than the 30th day after the date on which the proclamation is published or adopted.
(b) A dog brought into a county for not more than 10 days for breeding purposes, trial, or show is not required to be registered.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.822.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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