Tex. Health and Safety Code § 828.009: RECLAMATION.

(a) A releasing agency that does not receive a letter under Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007 after the expiration of the seventh day after the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002 may promptly reclaim the animal from the new owner.

(b) A person may not prevent, obstruct, or interfere with a reclamation under this section.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.