In unincorporated Hidalgo County, dogs are controlled through the county's Rabies Control Authority and Texas law rather than a published municipal leash code. Texas Health and Safety Code Sec. 826.033 lets counties require restraint and impound stray or unrestrained dogs and cats.
Hidalgo County's animal control is run by the Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division, the county's local Rabies Control Authority under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 826. County Animal Control Officers recover stray dogs and cats only in unincorporated areas and deliver strays to the Palm Valley Animal Society shelter in Edinburg. No standalone leash ordinance is published online, so restraint duties flow from state law: Sec. 826.033 lets a county require that each dog or cat be restrained by its owner, declare each stray a public nuisance, and have each unrestrained dog or cat detained or impounded by the local rabies control authority. Keep dogs leashed; a loose dog off your property may be impounded.
A stray or unrestrained dog may be detained or impounded by the local rabies control authority under Sec. 826.033 and delivered to the Palm Valley shelter; the owner pays fees to reclaim it. Rabies and quarantine duties are separately enforced.
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