Texas Parks And Wildlife Code Title 5, Chapter 62 - Provisions Generally Applicable To Hunting

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 62.001 - Definitions
  For the purpose of enforcement of the game laws of this state: (1) "Closed season" means the period of time during which it is unlawful...
• Texas Section 62.002 - Computer-assisted Remote Hunting
  (a) In this section: (1) "Computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a computer or any other device, equipment, or software, to remotely control the...
• Texas Section 62.003 - Hunting From Vehicles
  (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), no person may hunt any wild bird or wild animal, other than an alligator, frog, or turtle, from...
• Texas Section 62.0031 - Hunting From Public Road Or Right-of-way Prohibited
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a person may not hunt a wild animal or bird when the person is on a...
• Texas Section 62.004 - Hunting At Night
  No person may hunt any wild bird, wild game bird, wild fowl, or wild game animal protected by this code at any season of the...
• Texas Section 62.005 - Hunting With Light
  Except as provided by Section 62.0055 or 62.0056, no person may hunt a game animal or bird protected by this code with the aid of...
• Texas Section 62.0055 - Hunting With Laser Sighting Device By Legally Blind Hunter
  (a) In this section, "legally blind" has the meaning assigned by Section 62.104, Government Code. (b) A legally blind hunter may use a laser sighting...
• Texas Section 62.0056 - Hunting With Laser Sighting Device By Hunters With Certain Disabilities
  (a) In this section, "person with a physical disability" means a person with a documented permanent physical disability that renders the person incapable of using...
• Texas Section 62.006 - Hunting For Hire
  (a) No person may employ another person or be employed by another person for compensation or promise of compensation to hunt any bird, wild fowl,...
• Texas Section 62.0061 - Hunting On Or Over Certain Submerged Land
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not hunt or take any wild animal or wild bird when the person is on...
• Texas Section 62.0065 - Hunting Deer With Dogs
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person may not recklessly use a dog to hunt or pursue a deer in this state. (b)...
• Texas Section 62.007 - Stopping For Search
  (a) An authorized employee of the department may search the game bag, receptacle, automobile, or other vehicle if he has reason to believe that the...
• Texas Section 62.008 - Prima Facie Evidence
  Except as provided in Subchapter B of this chapter, possession of a wild game bird, wild game animal, or other species of protected wildlife, whether...
• Texas Section 62.009 - Purchase For Evidence
  A person who, for the purpose of establishing testimony, purchases a game bird or animal whose sale is prohibited by this code, is immune from...
• Texas Section 62.010 - Exceeding Bag Limits, Hunting During Closed Season, Etc
  Sec. 62.010. EXCEEDING BAG LIMITS, HUNTING DURING CLOSED SEASON, ETC.; PENALTY. (a) No person may kill or take more than the daily, weekly, or seasonal...
• Texas Section 62.011 - Retrieval And Waste Of Game
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), it is an offense if a person while hunting kills or wounds a game bird or game animal...
• Texas Section 62.012 - Written Consent To Hunt Or Target Shoot Required
  (a) This section applies only to a county having a population of 3.3 million or more. This section does not apply to a person hunting...
• Texas Section 62.0121 - Discharge Of Firearm Across Property Line
  (a) In this section, "firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 62.014(a). (b) A person commits an offense if: (1) the person, while hunting or...
• Texas Section 62.0125 - Harassment Of Hunters, Trappers, And Fishermen
  (a) This section may be cited as the Sportsman's Rights Act. (b) In this section: (1) "Wildlife" means all species of wild mammals, birds, fish,...
• Texas Section 62.013 - Penalties
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter commits an offense that...
• Texas Section 62.014 - Hunter Education Program
  (a) In this section: (1) "Firearm" means any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated...
• Texas Section 62.015 - Hunting And Possession Of Exotic Animals
  (a) In this section, "exotic animal" means exotic livestock or exotic fowl as defined by Section 161.001(a), Agriculture Code, aoudad sheep, or elk. (b) No...
• Texas Section 62.016 - Competitive Hunting Dog Events
  The department may permit a person to hold or participate in a competitive hunting dog field trial, in an area controlled by the department and...

SUBCHAPTER B SALE, TRANSPORTATION, AND STORAGE OF GAME

• Texas Section 62.017 - Disposition Of Seized Property
  (a) If a person is finally convicted of an offense under Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, 62.0065, or 62.011(c), or violation of a rule adopted...
• Texas Section 62.021 - Sale Or Purchase Of Certain Game
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), no person may sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, or possess after purchase a wild bird,...
• Texas Section 62.023 - Sale By Taxidermist
  (a) If the owner of a lawfully taken game animal or game bird, including the head or hide of a lawfully taken game animal or...
• Texas Section 62.024 - Importation Of Game
  No person may bring into this state any bird or animal protected by this code during the closed season for that bird or animal except...
• Texas Section 62.025 - Importation Of Game
  No person may bring into this state a bird or animal protected by this code for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment for sale during the...
• Texas Section 62.026 - Importation Of Protected Wildlife From Mexico
  (a) It is lawful to ship or bring any wild game birds, wild game animals, or other protected species of wildlife from the Republic of...
• Texas Section 62.0265 - Transportation Of Wild Animals And Birds
  (a) A person may transport or ship to and from a taxidermist or tannery for mounting or preserving purposes or to his home, a specimen...
• Texas Section 62.029 - Records Of Game In Cold Storage Or Processing Facility
  (a) In this section: (1) "Carcass" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.001. (2) "Cold storage or processing facility" has the meaning assigned by Section...
• Texas Section 62.030 - Possession Of Game In Cold Storage Or Processing Facility
  A person may place and maintain, or possess, in a cold storage or processing facility lawfully killed game birds and game animals not in excess...
• Texas Section 62.031 - Inspections Of Facilities
  (a) Authorized employees of the department may enter and inspect a cold storage or processing facility or other place, including taxidermist shops and tanneries, where...

SUBCHAPTER D HUNTING IN STATE PARKS

• Texas Section 62.032 - Penalties
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this...
• Texas Section 62.061 - Prohibited Acts
  Except as authorized by the commission under this subchapter, no person may hunt a wild animal, wild bird, or wild fowl in a state park,...
• Texas Section 62.062 - Season
  (a) As sound biological management practices warrant and until August 31, 1995, the commission may prescribe an open season for hunting in state parks, forts,...
• Texas Section 62.063 - Regulatory Authority
  The commission may prescribe the number, size, kind, and sex and the means and methods of taking any wildlife during an open season in a...
• Texas Section 62.0631 - Sea Rim State Park
  (a) The commission may provide an open season for recreational hunting in Sea Rim State Park that is not inconsistent with sound biological management practices...
• Texas Section 62.066 - Management Of Resources
  The commission may direct the service or division of the department charged with the management of wildlife resources to manage the aquatic and wildlife resources...
• Texas Section 62.067 - General Hunting License
  The provisions of this subchapter do not waive the requirement of a hunting license under this code. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545,...
• Texas Section 62.068 - Arrest
  A peace officer, game warden, or commissioned state park employee may arrest without warrant a person found committing a violation of this subchapter. Acts 1975,...

SUBCHAPTER E WEAPONS ON LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY LAND

• Texas Section 62.069 - Penalty
  A person who violates a provision of this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. Acts 1975, 64th...
• Texas Section 62.081 - Weapons Prohibited
  Except as provided in Section 62.082 of this code, no person may hunt with, possess, or shoot a firearm, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or any other...
• Texas Section 62.082 - Target Ranges, Managed Hunts, And Other Exceptions; Rules
  (a) The Board of Directors of the Lower Colorado River Authority may lease river authority land to be used on a nonprofit basis for a...
• Texas Section 62.083 - Approved Instructor And Range Records
  The Lower Colorado River Authority shall maintain in its Austin office a current listing of approved and registered instructors and a map indicating the location...

SUBCHAPTER F UNLAWFUL CONTROLLED KILLING OF OR ATTEMPTING TO INJURE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS

• Texas Section 62.084 - Penalty
  A person who violates Section 62.081 of this code commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. Acts 1975, 64th...
• Texas Section 62.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Captivity" means the state of being held under control or kept caged or penned. (2) "Dangerous wild animal" means a lion,...
• Texas Section 62.102 - Controlled Killing Of Or Attempting To Injure Dangerous Wild Animal Prohibited
  No person may: (1) kill or attempt to injure a dangerous wild animal that is: (A) in captivity in this state; or (B) released from...
• Texas Section 62.103 - Unlawful Controlled Killing; Certain Commercial Activity Prohibited
  No person may: (1) sell or offer for sale, or transport or consign for transportation in this state, including interstate commerce in this state, a...
• Texas Section 62.104 - Seizure Of Dangerous Wild Animal Or Carcass, Hide, Part Or Product
  (a) A peace officer may seize a live dangerous wild animal or a carcass, hide, or part of or a product made from a dangerous...
• Texas Section 62.105 - Authority Of Local Government
  This subchapter does not restrict the authority of a local government to regulate the possession of a dangerous wild animal if the regulation does not...
• Texas Section 62.106 - Exceptions
  (a) This subchapter does not apply to a peace officer or other employee of a municipality, a county, or this state, or a person acting...
• Texas Section 62.107 - Criminal Penalty
  A person who violates this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor, unless it is shown at the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016