Richmond's Chapter 6 animal code sets minimum care standards and authorizes seizure of animals kept in cruel or unsanitary conditions, the local backstop for hoarding-type cases.
Richmond does not use the word 'hoarding' as a stand-alone offense, but Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances and Chapter 22 nuisance provisions together require humane care for owned animals: adequate food, water, shelter, ventilation, and sanitation. Animal control officers may inspect a property after a complaint, and where conditions endanger the animals or create a public nuisance such as severe odor or vector breeding in older Richmond neighborhoods near downtown, animals can be seized under city authority and Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 821. Cases involving large numbers of animals in a single home are commonly handled through this combination of local nuisance enforcement and state cruelty law, with criminal charges filed in justice or county court.
Animal control may seize animals, the city may abate the nuisance at owner expense, and prosecutors may pursue Tex. HSC Ch. 821 cruelty charges; municipal court fines apply.
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