# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011: NUISANCE

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.011

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011
- **Heading:** NUISANCE
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.011

## Text

Each of the following is a public health nuisance:

(1) a condition or place that is a breeding place for flies and that is in a populous area;

(2) spoiled or diseased meats intended for human consumption;

(3) a restaurant, food market, bakery, other place of business, or vehicle in which food is prepared, packed, stored, transported, sold, or served to the public and that is not constantly maintained in a sanitary condition;

(4) a place, condition, or building controlled or operated by a state or local government agency that is not maintained in a sanitary condition;

(5) sewage, human excreta, wastewater, garbage, or other organic wastes deposited, stored, discharged, or exposed in such a way as to be a potential instrument or medium in disease transmission to a person or between persons;

(6) a vehicle or container that is used to transport garbage, human excreta, or other organic material and that is defective and allows leakage or spilling of contents;

(7) a collection of water in which mosquitoes are breeding in the limits of a municipality or a collection of water that is a breeding area for mosquitoes that can transmit diseases regardless of the collection's location other than a location or property where activities meeting the definition of Section 11.002(12)(A), Water Code, occur;

(8) a condition that may be proven to injuriously affect the public health and that may directly or indirectly result from the operations of a bone boiling or fat rendering plant, tallow or soap works, or other similar establishment;

(9) a place or condition harboring rats in a populous area;

(10) the presence of ectoparasites, including bedbugs, lice, and mites, suspected to be disease carriers in a place in which sleeping accommodations are offered to the public;

(11) the maintenance of an open surface privy or an overflowing septic tank so that the contents may be accessible to flies; and

(12) an object, place, or condition that is a possible and probable medium of disease transmission to or between humans.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.001 § 341.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.001.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.002 § 341.002. RULES FOR SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.002.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011 § 341.011. NUISANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.011.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.012 § 341.012. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.012.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.013 § 341.013. GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND OTHER WASTE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.013.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.014 § 341.014. DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.014.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.015 § 341.015. SANITATION OF ICE PLANTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.015.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.016 § 341.016. SANITATION OF BUSINESSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.016.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.017 § 341.017. SANITATION FACILITIES FOR RAILROAD MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY EMPLOYEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.017.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018 § 341.018. RODENT CONTROL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.018.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.019 § 341.019. MOSQUITO CONTROL ON UNINHABITED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.019.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.031 § 341.031. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.031.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.032 § 341.032. DRINKING WATER PROVIDED BY COMMON CARRIER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.032.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.033 § 341.033. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.033.md)

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