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 Laws - Texas Entry Requirements
 (Laws, Regulations, Rules)

Entry Requirements for Bringing Dogs and Cats into Texas

Cheers for your inquiry on the requirements for bringing a dog or cat into Texas. Although non required by Texas law, most airlines require a health certificate issued by a veterinarian within 7 to ten days prior to travel. Check with your airline for their exact requirements.

To enter Texas and exist in accordance with its state police, all dogs and cats 12 weeks of historic period or older must be vaccinated confronting rabies and be accompanied past a rabies vaccination certificate (or pet passport containing required information – see reference at terminate of letter) dated and signed by the veterinarian who administered the immunization. Veterinarians in Texas are restricted to using vaccines approved by the United States Section of Agronomics (USDA); however, for entry purposes only, dogs and cats traveling into the land may be inoculated against rabies with killed, modified live, or recombinant vaccine. Once in Texas, if a USDA-approved vaccine was not used or the veterinarian who administered it was not licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the US, compliance must be accomplished. For entry into Texas, the following criteria must exist met:

• at the fourth dimension of vaccination, the fauna was at least the minimum age prescribed for the vaccine; and
• the time elapsed since the most recent vaccination has not exceeded the recommended interval for the booster vaccination equally established by the vaccine's manufacturer.
  

Additionally, to qualify as being currently vaccinated, thirty days must have lapsed since the

initial

vaccination.

If the animal is arriving from another country and is less than 12 weeks of age, it shall exist confined at home until xxx days after the animal'due south initial vaccination is administered. Regardless of the animate being's age, if the initial vaccination was given less than 30 days prior to arrival, the animal must exist confined for the balance of the 30 days. The Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC) may have additional requirements for animals arriving from another land; the CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine may be contacted at CDCAnimalImports@cdc.gov, i-800-232-4636, or https://www.cdc.gov/importation/ for further data.  Please keep in listen that, even if the CDC states that dogs or cats under certain circumstances do not need to be vaccinated against rabies for entry into the US, the animal still needs to exist vaccinated against rabies in accordance with Texas state law for entry into Texas. Contact the USDA Animal and Institute Wellness Inspection Service for any country-specific travel/health certificates that might be required:  512-383-2400 (press i) or https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel/.

Exist aware that every bit of July 14, 2021, there is a temporary suspension that prohibits the entry of dogs into the United states of america arriving from the countries adamant by CDC to exist high-risk countries for rabies. On an extremely limited basis, CDC has the authority to consequence advance written approval (a CDC Domestic dog Import Permit) to bring a dog from a high-risk country. If you wish to import a canis familiaris from a loftier-run a risk country, you must request accelerate written approval by emailing CDCanimalimports@cdc.gov at least 30 business organization days (six weeks) before you intend to enter the United States. No CDC Domestic dog Import Permits are issued upon inflow. Dogs that arrive from high-hazard countries without advance written approving from CDC volition exist denied entry and returned to the country of departure at the importer's expense. For details, including CDC'south listing of high-risk countries, get to https://world wide web.cdc.gov/importation/bringing-an-brute-into-the-united-states/high-hazard.html.

If the fauna is arriving from another state and is less than 12 weeks of historic period, home confinement is recommended until 30 days after the animal's initial vaccination is administered. Regardless of the animal'southward age, if the initial vaccination was given less than 30 days prior to arrival, the fauna should exist confined for the balance of the 30 days.

After moving to Texas, ensure that your dog or cat remains in compliance with rabies vaccination requirements by contacting a veterinarian in your area, as local vaccination ordinances may be more restrictive than state police force. If you take any further questions, delight do not hesitate to contact Zoonosis Control at (512) 776-7255.

Reference – Texas Administrative Code, Championship 25, Office i, Chapter 169, Subchapter A

https://texreg.sos.country.tx.usa/public/readtac$ext.viewtac

§169.31.  Interstate Movement of Dogs and Cats into Texas.
Each dog and true cat 12 weeks of age or older to be transported into Texas for any purpose shall be admitted only when vaccinated against rabies and the time elapsed since the nearly recent vaccination has not exceeded the manufacturer recommendations for the vaccine. If an initial vaccination was administered less than 30 days prior to arrival, the custodian should confine the dog or cat for the balance of the 30 days. Additionally, documentation must be provided by a vaccination certificate showing the engagement of vaccination, vaccine used, revaccination due date, identification information for the vaccinated animal, contact information of the animal's custodian, and signature, signature stamp, or computerized signature and contact information of the veterinarian responsible for administration of the vaccine. If the dog or true cat is less than 12 weeks of age, the custodian should confine the creature until 30 days subsequent to its initial vaccination.

§169.32. International Move of Dogs and Cats into Texas.
The federal regime regulates the entry of pets into the United States; requirements set forth in this section are in addition to coming together federal requirements. If the department receives a federal importation notice, the department may request the local rabies control authority in the area where the animal will be located to monitor the notice for compliance. Contingent upon the department receiving notification of an importation-compliance failure, the department may report the failure to the appropriate authorisation. Each dog and true cat 12 weeks of age or older to be transported into Texas for any purpose shall be admitted only when vaccinated against rabies and the time elapsed since the almost contempo vaccination has not exceeded the manufacturer recommendations for the vaccine. If an initial vaccination was administered less than 30 days prior to inflow in the United States, the custodian must confine the domestic dog or true cat for the residual of the 30 days. Additionally, documentation must be provided by a vaccination certificate or passport showing the appointment of vaccination, vaccine used, revaccination due engagement, identification information for the vaccinated animal, contact information of the fauna's custodian, and signature, signature stamp, or computerized signature and contact data of the veterinarian responsible for assistants of the vaccine. If the domestic dog or true cat is less than 12 weeks of age, the custodian shall confine the animal until thirty days subsequent to its initial vaccination.

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Source: https://dshs.texas.gov/IDCU/health/zoonosis/laws/import/Entry.aspx

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