Tex. Health & Safety Code § 822.031 · Subchapter C. COUNTY REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF DOGS

UNREGISTERED DOGS PROHIBITED FROM RUNNING AT LARGE.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

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 dog to run at large unless the dog:

(1) is registered under this subchapter with the county in which the dog runs at large; and

(2) has fastened about its neck a dog identification tag issued by the county.

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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Composed by: 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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