Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.106 · Subchapter B. ENFORCEMENT POWERS
NOTICE TO APPEAR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any peace officer of this state or a political subdivision of this state or an authorized employee of the department who arrests a person for a violation of this code or a regulation of the commission adopted under this code may deliver to the alleged violator a written notice to appear before the justice court, county court, or another court having jurisdiction of the offense not later than 15 days after the date of the alleged violation.
(b) On signing the written notice to appear and thereby promising to appear as provided in the notice, the alleged violator shall be released.
(c) A person who fails to appear for a violation of this code or a regulation of the commission adopted under this code within the time specified in the written notice commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor, and a warrant for the arrest of the alleged violator may be issued.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.106. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Parks and Wildlife Code
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.109CONFISCATION AND DISPOSITION OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS.Printed as Section 12.106
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.1101SEIZURE AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN ANIMALS' PELTS AND CARCASSES.Printed as Section 12.106
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 65.009SEIZURE AND DISPOSAL OF ALLIGATORS.Printed as Section 12.106
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