Barking dog rules in Lubbock County, TX — also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances — define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Lubbock County has no barking-dog noise ordinance for unincorporated areas. The City of Lubbock bans keeping any animal that, by frequent or habitual noisemaking, unreasonably disturbs neighbors. Unincorporated complaints fall under state disorderly-conduct and nuisance law.
Texas counties cannot pass noise ordinances, so unincorporated Lubbock County relies on state law for barking dogs. Inside the City of Lubbock, Article 14.04.003 makes it a noise disturbance to own, keep, possess, or harbor any animal that by frequent or habitual noisemaking unreasonably disturbs neighbors of ordinary sensibilities; this covers private kennels and shelters too. In unincorporated areas, a chronically barking dog may be addressed as a public nuisance under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 343 or as disorderly conduct, while dangerous or rabid animals fall under state Chapters 822 and 826.
City of Lubbock: misdemeanor, fine up to $500 per day. Unincorporated: nuisance abatement under Texas Health and Safety Code Ch. 343.
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