Wylie, TX Animal Ordinances: Microchipping (2026)

Once a person learns under Sec. 18-82 that they own a dangerous dog, whether because they witnessed the qualifying attack or animal control notified them, the Code gives them thirty days to meet a list of requirements, and microchipping is one of them. The owner must present proof the dog has been implanted with a microchip that the animal control officer's reader can detect, in the form of a signed letter from the implanting veterinarian describing the dog and stating the microchip identification number, the manufacturer's name, and confirmation that the chip is registered for life with both the department and a recognized national registry.

That microchip proof sits alongside the dangerous-dog owner's other Sec. 18-82 duties: registering the dog annually with the animal control authority and displaying the registration tag, keeping the dog in a secure enclosure or on a leash no longer than six feet with a muzzle in public, carrying at least $250,000.00 in liability coverage, and submitting two color photographs of the dog. Separately, Sec. 18-13 requires anyone keeping a pot-bellied pig, Wylie's only legal swine, to have it microchipped, along with spayed or neutered, by twelve weeks of age, and to forward the microchip number and manufacturer name to animal services with the annual permit application.

Wylie does not otherwise require microchipping of ordinary pet dogs and cats; the city license and rabies tag system under Sec. 18-61 governs identification for animals that are not classified as dangerous.