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~ 822.041 HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS Title 10 Who "harbors" or "keeps" dog under animal liability statute, 64 ALR4th 963. dangerous or vicious animal kept by tenant, 87 ALR4th 1004. Liability of owner of dog known by him to be vicious for injuries to trespasser, 64 ALR3d 1039. 1 Texas PI & Pr Forms, 24:29. Library References Animals SS 24:28, 13 Am Jur Proof of Facts 2d 473, Knowledge of Animal's Vicious Propensities. 39 Am Jur Proof of Facts 3d 133, Plaintiff's Negligence, Provocation, or Assumption of Risk as Defense in Dogbite Case. Texts and Treatises 3 Texas Jur 3d, Ani S 29. ~ 822.042. Requirements for Owner of Dangerous Dog (a) Not later than the 30th day after a person learns that the person is the owner of a dangerous dog, the person shall: (1) register the dangerous dog with the animal control authority for the area in which the dog is kept; (2) restrain the dangerous dog at all times on a leash in the immediate control of a person or in a secure enclosure; (3) obtain liability insurance coverage or show financial responsibility in an amount of at least $100,000 to cover damages resulting from an attack by the dangerous dog causing bodily injury to a person and provide proof of the required liability insurance coverage or financial responsibility to the animal control authority for the area in which the dog is kept; and (4) comply with an applicable municipal or county regulation, require- ment, or restriction on dangerous dogs. (b) The owner of a dangerous dog who docs not comply with Subscction (a) shall deliver the dog to thc animal control authority not latcr than thc 30th day after the owner learns that the dog is a dangcrous dog. (c) If, on application of any pcrson, a justice court, county court, or munici- pal court finds, after notice and hearing as providcd by Section 822.0423, that the owner of a dangerous dog has failed to comply with Subsection (a) or (b), the court shall order the animal control authority to seize the dog and shall issue a warrant authorizing the seizure. The authority shall seize the dog or order its seizure and shall provide for the impoundment of the dog in secure and humane conditions. (d) The owner shall pay any cost or fee assessed by the municipality or county related to the seizure. acceptance, impoundment. or destruction of the dog. The governing body of the municipality or county may prescribe the amount of the fees. (e) The court shall order the animal control authority to humanely destroy the dog if the owner has not complied with Subsection (a) before the 11 th day after the date on which the dog is seized or delivered to the authority. The court shall order the authority to return the dog to the owner if the owner 506 A, 7: I' 9' ir a' n Cl fc P A 1 ~