Tex. Agric. Code § 143.103 · Subchapter E. ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE ON HIGHWAYS

IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A person whose vehicle strikes, kills, injures, or damages an unattended animal running at large on a highway is not liable for damages to the animal except as a finding of:

(1) gross negligence in the operation of the vehicle; or

(2) wilful intent to strike, kill, injure, or damage the animal.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1350, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.143.htm
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