El Paso Chapter 6 lets Animal Services Center officers act when animal counts at a single residence create unsanitary or cruel conditions, even where each pet is individually licensed and rabies-vaccinated under the city kennel rules.
Chapter 6 of the El Paso Municipal Code authorizes Animal Services Center to investigate residences where excessive numbers of pets create odor, waste, or disease conditions. Officers coordinate with EPPD and Code Compliance to enter under warrant when welfare concerns exist. Houses keeping more than the residential pet cap typically need a kennel permit. Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 821 (cruelty seizure) supplements the city ordinance, letting a justice court order animal forfeiture and reimbursement of impound costs when hoarding-related neglect is documented.
Class C misdemeanor citations under Ch. 6, plus state cruelty seizure under Tex. Health and Safety Code Ch. 821 when conditions threaten animal welfare or neighborhood sanitation.
El Paso, TX
El Paso Chapter 6 caps the number of dogs and cats that may be kept at a single residence. Households exceeding the cap need a kennel or multi-pet permit, an...
El Paso, TX
El Paso ties pet registration to microchip implantation. Dogs and cats reclaimed from the Animal Services Center must be chipped before release, and the chip...
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