Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 61.022 · Subchapter B. PROHIBITED ACTS
TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES WITHOUT CONSENT OF LANDOWNER PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No person may hunt or catch by any means or method or possess a wildlife resource at any time and at any place covered by this chapter unless the owner of the land, submerged land, or water, or the owner's agent, consents.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who violates Subsection (a) the first time commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor and is punishable in addition by the revocation or suspension under Section 12.5015 of hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
(c) A person who violates Subsection (a) the first time by killing a desert bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, or white-tailed deer commits an offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code state jail felony and is punishable in addition by the revocation or suspension under Section 12.5015 of hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
(d) A second violation of Subsection (a) shall be classified as one category higher than the first violation or a Parks and Wildlife Code felony, whichever is lesser, and is punishable in addition by the revocation or suspension under Section 12.5015 of hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
(e) A third or subsequent violation of Subsection (a) shall be classified as a Parks and Wildlife Code felony and is punishable in addition by the revocation or suspension under Section 12.5015 of hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 507, ch. 213, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 31, 1981; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2740, ch. 748, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1090, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1002 (H.B. 506), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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Parks and Wildlife Code
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.101DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, or 62.005
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.1106SEIZURE AND DISPOSITION OF CONTRABAND; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, or 62.005
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 12.5015AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSE OR PERMIT.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, 62.011(c), 66.004(a), or 66.004(c) | Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, 62.011, 66.004(a), or 66.004(c)
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 61.006CRAYFISH.Printed as Section 61.022
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 61.0221DISPOSITION OF SEIZED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 61.022
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.011RETRIEVAL AND WASTE OF GAME.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.0031, 62.004, or 62.005
- Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 62.017DISPOSITION OF SEIZED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, or 62.011(c)
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