Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 822.031

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

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.