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

Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.085: REFUSAL TO PERMIT ENTRY OR GATHER ANIMALS FOR INSPECTION.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. AGRICULTURE CODE
  2. TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS
  4. CHAPTER 164. SCABIES CONTROL
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) refuses to permit an inspector to enter any premises of which the person is the owner, tenant, or caretaker for the purpose of inspecting, classifying, or treating animals infected or exposed to scabies; or

(2) refuses to gather animals in accordance with Section 164.005(c).

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits a separate offense for each day of refusal.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1427, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2021.

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

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