Frisco, TX Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

101, without a certificate of registration from the local animal registration agency. Frisco chose to go beyond that floor. Code of Ordinances § 14-11(a) makes it unlawful for anyone to own, harbor, shelter, or have custody or control of a wild animal or other prohibited animal anywhere in the Frisco city limits, except for eight narrow classes of holder: government agencies, USDA-licensed research facilities, accredited zoo and aquarium association members, injured or orphaned animals in transit for care, animals rehabilitated by a licensed veterinarian or permitted rehabilitator, out-of-state circus companies using the animal in performances, film and television production companies during filming, and animals passing through the state in interstate commerce.

Even an owner who keeps a wild animal in violation of the ban must, under § 14-11(b), notify animal services, the local rabies control authority, and the Frisco Police Department of any attack on a person or any escape within 24 hours. Section 14-11(c) makes that owner liable for every cost of apprehending and confining an escaped animal and for any injury or death the animal causes. Section 14-11(e) authorizes animal services, the LRCA, or other city-authorized personnel to obtain a search and seizure warrant if a wild animal ordered removed from the city has not, in fact, been removed.