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Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 71.011 — POSSESSION AND DISPLAY OF LICENSES

PW § 71.011Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part C. FUR-BEARING ANIMALS · Ch. 71. LICENSES AND REGULATIONS

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(a)A trapper shall carry the trapper's license on his person while taking or possessing a fur-bearing animal, pelt, or carcass.
(b)A wholesale fur dealer, a retail fur buyer, or a fur-bearing animal propagator shall display the required license at his place of business or while conducting business at a place other than his place of business.
(c)The failure to display a valid license on request by the department or an authorized agent of the department while taking, possessing, selling, offering for sale, or buying a fur-bearing animal, pelt, or carcass is a violation of this chapter. If on or before the trial of a person charged with a violation of this section, the person produces for the court or the prosecuting attorney the proper license that was issued to the person and valid at the time of the offense, the court shall dismiss that charge.

Legislative history

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2737, ch. 748, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.011 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.