Texas has no standalone hoarding law, but state cruelty statutes reach it: failing to provide food, water, care, or shelter is a crime. The City of Lubbock's four-pet limit and multipet-permit review also curb hoarding.
Animal hoarding in Lubbock County is prosecuted under Texas Penal Code section 42.092, cruelty to nonlivestock animals, which makes it an offense to unreasonably fail to provide necessary food, water, care, or shelter to an animal in one's custody. This applies countywide, including unincorporated areas the county cannot otherwise regulate. The City of Lubbock adds a preventive layer: no residence may keep more than four adult dogs and four adult cats without a multipet permit, giving animal services authority to inspect and deny permits for overcrowded homes.
Cruelty by failing to provide care is a Class A misdemeanor under Penal Code 42.092, rising to a state jail felony for repeat offenders; animals may be seized.
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