Wylie, TX Animal Ordinances: Breed Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Wylie Code §§ 18-81 to 18-89
- Registration deadline
- 30 days after dog declared dangerous
- Liability insurance
- At least $250,000 minimum coverage
- Leash rule
- Six-foot leash and muzzle in public
- Attack penalty
- Class C, or Class A if serious injury/death
Summary
Wylie does not ban breeds outright, but a dog declared dangerous under Code §§ 18-81 through 18-89 faces heavy conditions. Within 30 days the owner must register the dog, keep it in a locked, escape-proof enclosure or on a leash and muzzle in public, and carry at least $250,000.00 in liability insurance.
(1)Not later than the 30th day after the owner learns that he is the owner of a dangerous dog, the owner shall:a.Register the dangerous dog with the animal control authority for the city meeting all annual requirements. ... c.Obtain and maintain liability insurance coverage in an amount of at least $250,000.00 to cover damages resulting from an attack by the dangerous dog causing bodily injury to a person and provide this proof to the animal control authority. ... (3)An owner of a dangerous dog commits an offense if the dog makes an unprovoked attack on another person outside the dog' s enclosure and causes bodily injury to the person. An offense under this section is a class C misdemeanor, unless the attack causes serious bodily injury or death, in which event the offense is a class A misdemeanor.
Full Breakdown
Wylie's dangerous dog division, chapter 18, division 3 (§§ 18-81 to 18-89), does not restrict any particular breed; it regulates any dog an animal control authority determines meets the dangerous dog definition after an attack. Once an owner learns the dog is dangerous, § 18-82(b)(1) gives 30 days to register the dog with the animal control authority, keep it inside a secure enclosure meeting the seven conditions of § 18-81 (locked, escape-proof, publicly inaccessible, signed, and set back at least five feet from any property line) or on a leash no longer than six feet and muzzled whenever off the property, and obtain at least $250,000.00 in liability insurance covering an attack.
Owners must also submit two color photographs and proof of a microchip. Any unprovoked attack causing bodily injury outside the enclosure is a Class C misdemeanor under § 18-82(b)(3), rising to a Class A misdemeanor if the attack causes serious bodily injury or death, and a convicting court may order the dog destroyed at the owner's expense. Section 18-84 sets a municipal court hearing within ten days of seizure to determine dangerous-dog status, and § 18-83 lets any resident file a sworn statement with animal services within 30 days of an incident to trigger that process.
Violations & Fines
Failing to register a declared dangerous dog within 30 days, keeping it outside a compliant secure enclosure, or letting it off-leash and unmuzzled in public violates § 18-82. An unprovoked attack causing bodily injury is a Class C misdemeanor; if the attack causes serious bodily injury or death, it becomes a Class A misdemeanor, and the municipal court may order the dog destroyed at the owner's expense under § 18-82(b)(3).
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