Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 92.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 92.001Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 92. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PERSON ASSISTING CERTAIN ANIMALS

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Animal control agency" means a municipal or county animal control office, or a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, that collects, impounds, or keeps stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals.

(2)"Livestock animal" means an equine animal or an animal raised primarily for use as food for human consumption or to produce fiber for human use and includes horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry.

(3)"Nonlivestock animal" means a service animal or an animal maintained as a pet in the home or on the property of the animal's owner and includes captured wildlife or an exotic animal maintained as a pet. The term does not include a livestock animal.

(4)"Running at large" means not under the control of the owner or handler while:

(A)on the premises of another without the consent of the owner of the premises or any other person authorized to give consent; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 530 (H.B. 2471), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.