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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.102: ELECTRONIC REGISTRY OF MARKS AND BRANDS.

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  1. AGRICULTURE CODE
  2. TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS
  3. SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK
  4. CHAPTER 144. MARKS AND BRANDS
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. ELECTRONIC REGISTRY OF MARKS AND BRANDS

(a) The commission shall establish and maintain on its Internet website a publicly available and searchable registry of marks and brands recorded with a county clerk under Subchapter C.

(b) The electronic registry of marks and brands may not provide to the general public any personal identifying information of a person associated with a recorded mark or brand.

(c) The commission shall establish a process for law enforcement to access the registry and obtain for law enforcement purposes personal identifying information of a person associated with a recorded mark or brand.

(d) The commission shall adopt rules and procedures to implement this section, including a process for:

(1) a person to record a mark or brand with a county clerk through an electronic method, in a form and manner prescribed by the commission; and

(2) a county clerk to deliver to the commission an electronic record of a mark or brand that has been recorded with the county clerk, including any records of a mark or brand that was recorded with the county clerk before the establishment of the electronic registry.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 3 (S.B. 503), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.

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