# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018: RODENT CONTROL

> Texas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C341_S341.018

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018
- **Heading:** RODENT CONTROL
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.018

## Text

(a) A person who possesses an enclosed structure used or operated for public trade and who knows that the structure is infested with rodents shall:

(1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means; and

(2) provide every practical means of eliminating rats in the structure.

(b) A public building that is constructed after September 4, 1945, must incorporate rat-proofing features.

(c) The department shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.

## 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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