Lubbock pet shops must hold a city animal-establishment permit and meet caging, sanitation, and health-record standards under LMC Chapter 4. Texas large-breeder licensing also applies through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Any retail seller of dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, or fish operating in Lubbock must apply for an animal-establishment permit through Lubbock Animal Services. Inspections check enclosure size, ventilation, temperature, sanitation, and disease-isolation areas under LMC Chapter 4. Operators must keep acquisition and sales records for each dog and cat, including breeder source and veterinary health certificates. Texas Occupations Code Chapter 802 separately licenses dog and cat breeders housing eleven or more intact females, administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Lubbock has not enacted a retail-pet-sales source ban.
Permit suspension or revocation, civil penalties under LMC, citation for sanitation failures, and state administrative action under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 802 for unlicensed breeders.
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