Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.007 · Chapter 828. DOG AND CAT STERILIZATION
LETTER CONCERNING LOST OR STOLEN ANIMAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 the releasing agency a signed letter stating that the animal is lost or stolen.
(b) The letter must be delivered not later than the seventh day after the date of the animal's disappearance and must describe the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and provide the approximate date of the disappearance.
(c) The letter required by this section is in lieu of the letter required by Section 828.005.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.828.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.005CONFIRMATION OF STERILIZATION.Printed as Section 828.006 or 828.007
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.008NOTICE OF FAILURE TO RECEIVE LETTER.Printed as Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.009RECLAMATION.Printed as Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007
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