Tex. Agric. Code § 142.015 · Chapter 142. ESTRAYS
DISPOSITION OF ESTRAY UNDER PERILOUS CONDITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A sheriff or a sheriff's designee is not required to impound an estray if a perilous condition exists.
(b) If a perilous condition exists, the sheriff or the sheriff's designee may immediately dispose of the estray by any means without notifying the owner of the estray.
(c) The sheriff shall make a written report of the disposition and file the report with the county clerk for placement in the county estray records.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 15 (S.B. 174), Sec. 3, eff. May 10, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.142.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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