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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.003

STERILIZATION AGREEMENT

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The sterilization agreement used by a releasing agency must contain:

(1) the date of the agreement;

(2) the names, addresses, and signatures of the releasing agency and the new owner;

(3) a description of the animal to be adopted;

(4) the sterilization completion date; and

(5) a statement, printed in conspicuous, bold print, that sterilization of the animal is required under Chapter 828, Health and Safety Code, and that a violation of this chapter is a criminal offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) The sterilization completion date contained in the sterilization agreement must be:

(1) the 30th day after the date of adoption in the case of an adult animal;

(2) the 30th day after a specified date estimated to be the date an adopted infant female animal becomes six months old or an adopted infant male animal becomes eight months old; or

(3) if the releasing agency has a written policy recommending sterilization of certain infant animals at an earlier date, the 30th day after the date contained in the written policy.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.