Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 151.004 · Subchapter A. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR PURCHASE OF TREES AND TIMBER
NOTICE CONCERNING SALE OR PURCHASE OF TREES OR TIMBER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
At each designated point of delivery for trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips, a wood yard, transfer yard, mill site, or storage yard shall post the following written notice in lettering not less than one inch:
NOTICE CONCERNING SALE OR PURCHASE OF TREES OR TIMBER
1. A seller or purchaser of trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips who knowingly fails to provide, obtain, or retain a bill of sale as provided in Chapter 151, Natural Resources Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.
2. A person, firm, partnership, or corporation adjudged guilty of theft or fraud in connection with the sale or purchase of trees or timber will be punished as provided by the Penal Code.
3. A timber purchaser who knowingly fails to provide documentation as required by Section 151.0035, Natural Resources Code, or a timber purchaser or person acting on behalf of a timber purchaser who knowingly provides false information in documentation required by that section will be punished as provided by Section 151.005, Natural Resources Code.
4. The Texas A&M Forest Service Timber Theft Hotline is 1-800-364-3470.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2645, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st. Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 85(5), eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 151.044 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 532, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 229 (H.B. 1772), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.151.htm
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- Tex. Nat. Res. Code ch. 151PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLEPrinted as Chapter 151, Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 151.0035DOCUMENTATION OF DELIVERY REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES.Printed as Section 151.0035, Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 151.005PENALTY.Printed as Section 151.005, Natural Resources Code
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