{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.021","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Cruelly treated\" includes tortured, seriously overworked, unreasonably abandoned, unreasonably deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, cruelly confined, caused to fight with another animal, or subjected to conduct prohibited by Section 21.09, Penal Code.\n(2) \"Nonprofit animal welfare organization\" means a nonprofit organization that has as its purpose:\n(A) the prevention of cruelty to animals; or\n(B) the sheltering of, caring for, and providing homes for lost, stray, and abandoned animals.\n(3) \"Owner\" includes a person who owns or has custody or control of an animal.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (H.B. 963), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 739 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS","CHAPTER 821. TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS","SUBCHAPTER B. DISPOSITION OF CRUELLY TREATED ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.821.htm#821.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ef0b6064d90029bc9f3e0261f33cfd4715a0be481e15a9e14eff52f25934fbee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-821.0211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}