{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-240.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 240.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"wild animal\" means a nondomestic animal that the commissioners court of a county determines is dangerous and is in need of control in that county.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 240. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER A. REGULATION OF KEEPING OF WILD ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.240.htm#240.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"5c9afca8bd15034fde85d5d47f3536a622221aaec0bd2d67f9fe51f3bc42b954","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-236.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-240.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}