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

Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.127: REPRODUCTION OR DESTRUCTION OF TATTOO MARK.

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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 F. PENALTIES

(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 removes a registered tattoo mark on livestock or aids in the commission of one of those acts.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 12 years.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1362, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.001, eff. September 1, 2009.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:50Z. Source file · JSON

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