Tex. Agric. Code § 144.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
AGE FOR MARKING OR BRANDING.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Cattle shall be marked with the earmark or branded with the brand of the owner on or before the date they are one year old.
(b) Hogs, sheep, and goats shall be marked with the earmark of the owner on or before the date they are six months old.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1353, 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.144.htm
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- sha256 46fee1e072d780912398528282f8399efbe0b691354fcfb9328865dd59a3d6b3
- Composed by
- 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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