Texas Agriculture Code Title 6, Chapter 144 - Marks And Brands

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 144.001 - Owner's Marks And Brands
  (a) Each person who has cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats shall have and may use one or more earmarks, brands, tattoos, or electronic devices differing...
• Texas Section 144.002 - Brands Of Minors
  A minor who owns cattle, hogs, or one or more horses may have one or more marks or brands, but the parent or guardian of...

SUBCHAPTER C RECORDING OF MARKS AND BRANDS

• Texas Section 144.003 - Age For Marking Or Branding
  (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...
• Texas Section 144.041 - Marks And Brands To Be Recorded
  (a) Each person who owns cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats shall record that person's earmarks, brands, tattoos, and electronic devices with the county clerk of...
• Texas Section 144.042 - Recording
  In recording a mark, electronic device, tattoo, or brand, the county clerk shall note the date on which the mark, electronic device, tattoo, or brand...
• Texas Section 144.043 - Effect Of Recording
  (a) Any dispute about an earmark or brand shall be decided by reference to the mark and brand records of the county clerk, and the...

SUBCHAPTER F PENALTIES

• Texas Section 144.044 - Rerecording
  (a) Not later than six months after August 30 of 1981 and of every 10th year thereafter, each person who owns livestock mentioned in this...
• Texas Section 144.121 - Use Of Unrecorded Mark Or Brand
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person marks or brands any unmarked or unbranded livestock with a mark or brand that is not...
• Texas Section 144.122 - Altering Mark Or Brand
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person alters or changes a mark or brand on livestock owned or controlled by that person without...
• Texas Section 144.124 - Improperly Recording Brand
  (a) A person commits an offense if, as county clerk, the person records a brand for which the person recording the brand fails to designate...
• Texas Section 144.125 - Counterbranding Without Owner's Consent
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 144.074(c) of this code. (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable...
• Texas Section 144.127 - Reproduction Or Destruction Of Tattoo Mark
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person, without the consent of the owner, reproduces, counterfeits, copies, adds to, takes from, imitates, destroys, or...
• Texas Section 144.128 - Purchase, Sale, Or Transportation Of Tattooed Livestock Without Consent
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) without consent of the owner, buys, sells, or barters, for that person or another person,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016