Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.003 · Chapter 828. DOG AND CAT STERILIZATION
STERILIZATION AGREEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 releasing agency and the new owner;
(3) a description of the animal to be adopted;
(4) the sterilization completion date; and
(5) a statement, printed in conspicuous, bold print, that sterilization of the animal is required under Chapter 828, Health and Safety Code, and that a violation of this chapter is a criminal offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) The sterilization completion date contained in the sterilization agreement must be:
(1) the 30th day after the date of adoption in the case of an adult animal;
(2) the 30th day after a specified date estimated to be the date an adopted infant female animal becomes six months old or an adopted infant male animal becomes eight months old; or
(3) if the releasing agency has a written policy recommending sterilization of certain infant animals at an earlier date, the 30th day after the date contained in the written policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.828.htm
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