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2022 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 10 - Health and Safety of Animals
Chapter 823 - Animal Shelters
Section 823.004. Microchip Scan Required
Universal Citation: TX Health & Safety Code § 823.004 (2022)
Sec. 823.004. MICROCHIP SCAN REQUIRED. As soon as practicable after an animal is placed in the custody of an animal shelter or a releasing agency as defined by Section 828.001, including an animal rescue organization, the shelter, agency, or organization shall scan the animal to determine whether a microchip is implanted in the animal.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 136 (H.B. 604), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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