Dog breed rules in Texas (state law)
No breed bans allowed: local dangerous dog rules may not be specific to one breed or several breedsBreed rules
The details
- What the rule requires
- A county or city may add dangerous dog rules only if they are not specific to one breed or several breeds and are more stringent than state rules.1
- Law
- Texas Health and Safety Code Section 822.047.1
The sources we read do not say: breeds named, penalty, service dog exception.
The official Texas statutes site could not be read by our tools, so the statute text comes from a published copy.
Sources
- Texas Health and Safety Code Section 822.047, Texas Public Law (copy of the Texas statute) (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.