Texas Parks And Wildlife Code Title 5, Chapter 71 - Licenses And Regulations

• Texas Section 71.001 - Definitions
  In this subtitle: (1) "Fur-bearing animal" means wild beaver, otter, mink, ring-tailed cat, badger, skunk, raccoon, muskrat, opossum, fox, or nutria. (2) "Trapper" means a...
• Texas Section 71.0011 - Application
  This chapter applies to fur-bearing animals in each county except those populations on the state's list of endangered fish and wildlife. Added by Acts 1981,...
• Texas Section 71.002 - Proclamations
  (a) The commission by proclamation may regulate the taking, possession, propagation, transportation, exportation, importation, sale, and offering for sale of fur-bearing animals, pelts, and carcasses...
• Texas Section 71.003 - Scientific Studies And Investigations
  The department shall conduct scientific studies and investigations of fur-bearing animals as necessary to develop information on populations, distribution, habitat needs, and limiting factors, to...
• Texas Section 71.004 - Prohibited Acts
  (a) No person may take, sell, purchase, or possess a fur-bearing animal, pelt, or carcass in this state, except as provided by proclamation of the...
• Texas Section 71.005 - Licenses Required
  (a) Except as provided by this section and Section 71.004(a), no person may take a fur-bearing animal or a pelt in this state unless the...
• Texas Section 71.006 - Purchases By Retail Fur Buyer
  No retail fur buyer may purchase in this state a pelt or carcass except from a licensed trapper. Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch....
• Texas Section 71.007 - Purchases By Wholesale Fur Dealer
  No wholesale fur dealer may purchase in this state a pelt or carcass except from a licensed trapper, a licensed retail fur buyer, a fur-bearing...
• Texas Section 71.008 - Issuance Of Licenses
  The licenses authorized by this chapter shall be of a form prescribed and issued by the department, or an authorized agent of the department, to...
• Texas Section 71.009 - License Fees
  The fee for a license authorized by this chapter is in the following amount or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more:...
• Texas Section 71.010 - License Period
  The license period for licenses issued under this chapter is September 1 or another date set by the commission through August 31 of the next...
• Texas Section 71.011 - Possession And Display Of Licenses
  (a) A trapper shall carry the trapper's license on his person while taking or possessing a fur-bearing animal, pelt, or carcass. (b) A wholesale fur...
• Texas Section 71.012 - Inspections
  The place of business of any fur-bearing animal propagator, wholesale fur dealer, or retail fur buyer and any vehicle being used by a fur-bearing animal...
• Texas Section 71.014 - Reports
  The holder of a wholesale fur dealer's, retail fur buyer's, or fur-bearing animal propagation license shall submit reports to the department as required by proclamation...
• Texas Section 71.015 - Penalties
  (a) Except as provided in another subsection of this section, a person who violates any provision of this chapter or proclamation under this chapter commits...

Last modified: September 28, 2016