7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 4 cities in Collin County, Texas.
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Backyard chickens are unrestricted in unincorporated Collin County. No permit, coop setback, hen limit, or rooster ban. Agricultural character of eastern Collin County (Farmersville, Blue Ridge, Nevada) makes poultry common. HOAs in master-planned communities often prohibit them.
Tex. Agriculture Code Sec. 161.001 (Livestock and Domestic Fowl - Definitions)
Sec. 161.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter:(1) "Animal" includes livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, and exotic fowl.(2) "Commission" means the Texas Animal Health Commission.(3) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 604, Sec. 5.(4) "Exotic livestock" means grass-eating or plant-eating, single-hooved or cloven-hooved mammals that are not indigenous to this state and are known...
Collin County Order on Rabies and Animal Control requires dogs to be restrained on owner's property or leashed off-property. Dogs at large are subject to impoundment. TX Health and Safety Code 822.042 on dangerous dogs also applies.
Texas Health and Safety Code 822.047 prohibits breed-specific legislation. Collin County cannot ban pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any breed. Regulation is behavior-based under Lillian's Law (HSC 822.041-042) for dangerous dogs only.
Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 822.047
Sec. 822.047. LOCAL REGULATION OF DANGEROUS DOGS. A county or municipality may place additional requirements or restrictions on dangerous dogs if the requirements or restrictions:(1) are not specific to one breed or several breeds of dogs; and(2) are more stringent than restrictions provided by this subchapter.
Beekeeping is broadly permitted in unincorporated Collin County. TX Agriculture Code 131 governs apiary registration with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service (TAIS) at Texas A&M. Six or more colonies require registration. No county setback rules.
Tex. Agriculture Code Sec. 131.001 (Beekeeping - Definitions)
Sec. 131.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:(1) "Abandoned apiary, equipment, or bees" means an apiary, equipment, or a colony of bees that is not regularly maintained or attended in accordance with this chapter or rules or quarantines adopted under this chapter.(2) "Apiary" means a place where colonies of bees or nuclei of bees are kept.(3) "Beekeeper" means a person who owns, leases, poss...
TX Health and Safety Code 822.101-116 governs dangerous wild animals (lions, tigers, bears, non-human primates, crocodilians over 6 feet). Collin County Commissioners Court has adopted a dangerous wild animal registration requirement with 100,000 dollar liability insurance.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 62.0125 restricts feeding of free-ranging deer in CWD-monitored counties. Collin County is not currently a CWD containment zone. Feeding deer on private land is legal, but baiting for hunting has seasonal rules. Feeding coyotes and feral hogs strongly discouraged.
Unincorporated Collin County has no numeric limit on dogs or cats per household. All animals must be vaccinated against rabies per TX HSC 826.021 and county rabies order. Kennels (4+ adult dogs for breeding) may need state licensing under TX Occ Code 802.
4 cities in Collin County have their own animal ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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