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Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety

Chapter 193 : Domestic Pet or Wolf-Hybrid Control

• Subchapter 001: General Provisions
•    § 3541. Definitions

•    § 3541a. Feral animals; responsibility

•    §§ 3542-3544. Repealed. 1977, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 12, 1978.

•    § 3545. Right to kill domestic pets or wolf-hybrids generally

•    § 3546. Investigation of vicious domestic pets or wolf-hybrids; order

•    § 3547. Repealed. 1977, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 12, 1978.

•    § 3548. Application to unorganized towns and gores; supervisors

•    § 3549. Domestic pets or wolf-hybrids; regulation by towns

•    § 3550. Penalties; enforcement; municipal legislative body; Secretary

•    § 3551. Search warrants

•    § 3552. Sexual sterilization of stray cats with no known owner

• Subchapter 002: Licenses
•    § 3581. General requirements

•    § 3581a. Immunization

•    § 3582. Dogs or wolf-hybrids obtained after April 1

•    § 3582a. Repealed. 1977 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 12, 1978.

•    § 3583. Repealed. 2025, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 8, 2026.

•    §§ 3584-3586. Repealed. 1977, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 12, 1978.

•    § 3587. Dogs brought into State

•    § 3588. Issuance of licenses; record of licenses

•    § 3589. Record of licenses

•    § 3590. List of dogs and wolf-hybrids not licensed

•    § 3591. Transfer of license

•    § 3592. Repealed. 1993, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. June 15, 1994.

•    § 3621. Issuance of warrant to impound; complaint

•    § 3622. Form of warrant

•    § 3623. Constable to make complaints

•    § 3624. Who may destroy; fees

•    § 3625. Return by officers

•    § 3626. Certificate to State's Attorney

•    § 3627. Repealed. 1993, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. June 15, 1994.

• Subchapter 003: Kennels
•    § 3681. Pet dealer permit

•    § 3682. Inspection of premises

•    § 3683. Quarantine of premises

•    § 3684. Offenses; bill of costs in prosecution

• Subchapter 004: Damages by Dogs
•    §§ 3741-3747. Repealed. 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.

•    § 3748. Action by sheep owner against dog owner

•    § 3749. Bounty on dog killing or worrying sheep

• Subchapter 005: Control of Rabies
•    § 3801. Rabies control authority

•    § 3802. Quarantine

•    § 3803. Notice

•    §§ 3804, 3805. Repealed. 1965, No. 36, § 6, eff. April 28, 1965.

•    § 3806. Confining or impounding a domestic pet or wolf-hybrid

•    § 3807. Killing a domestic pet or wolf-hybrid

•    § 3808. Fees for killing domestic pets or wolf-hybrids

•    § 3809. Killing a domestic pet or wolf-hybrid that attacks a person or domestic animal

•    § 3810. Repealed. 1993, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. June 15, 1994.

•    § 3811. Carcass disposal

•    § 3812. Immunity from liability for volunteers

•    § 3813. Vaccination administration

• Subchapter 006: Dog, Cat, and Wolf-Hybrid Spaying and Neutering Program and Fund
•    § 3814. Findings

•    § 3815. Dog, cat, and wolf-hybrid sexual sterilization program

•    § 3816. Animal sexual sterilization fund; creation

•    § 3817. Rules; adoption authority

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