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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.0411

ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.0411, ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/676347
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(a) This section applies only to an incorporated municipality that has a population of more than 1,000 and that is the county seat of a county with a population of 1,380 or more but less than 1,600. (b) Notwithstanding the definition in Section 822.041(1), for purposes of this subchapter the police department of a municipality described by Subsection (a) is the animal control authority for the municipality in all areas in which a dog is kept and that are subject to the authority of the police department.