Tex. Agric. Code § 161.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CARETAKER OF ANIMAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is subject to this chapter as the caretaker of an animal and is presumed to control the animal if the person:
(1) is the owner or lessee of the pen, pasture, or other place in which the animal is located and has control of that place;
(2) exercises care or control over the animal; or
(3) has recorded a mark or brand for the animal under Chapter 144.
(b) This section does not limit the care and control of an animal to any person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1393, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 3 (S.B. 503), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.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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