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

Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.045: SEIZURE OF OWNERLESS FRUIT.

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AGRICULTURE CODE
TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
SUBTITLE B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS
CHAPTER 72. MEXICAN FRUIT FLY CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER D. REMEDIES

If the department is not able to locate an owner, part owner, or caretaker for premises in a county in which Mexican fruit fly control or eradication is being conducted, the department may seize any citrus fruit growing or standing on the premises and sell the fruit in the manner provided by Section 72.043(b) of this code.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1170, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

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