{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"animal\" includes every living nonhuman creature.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1593, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS","CHAPTER 821. TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS","SUBCHAPTER A. TREATMENT OF ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.821.htm#821.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d764561d771de265374461313904b86a1609b9a8db6b964280ca70e6ec7a30fd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-811.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}